[opendtv] Re: EU penalties against Microsoft upheld
- From: "Tom McMahon" <TLM@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:24:05 -0800
Someone should do a detailed analysis of VC-1 from start to potential finish....
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A few years ago, the Internet Explorer browser was the issue. Now it's the
media player. I wonder why folks focus on these
individual apps, when there are so many others they could just as easily name.
Zip utilities, disc utilties, e-mail client, text
editor, IP protocol stack, and on and on, all stuff added to Windows. The only
reversal of that trend was when QBasic was deleted
from the OS distribution CD-ROM, with WinXP, and nothing was bundled in there
to take its place.
Bert
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EU penalties against Microsoft upheld
By EE Times
December 22, 2004 (7:49 AM EST)
URL: http://www.eet.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=3D56200008
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp. has lost its appeal of an European Union ruling
that it violated European antitrust laws.
The decision by the EU Court of First Instance in Luxembourg on Wednesday (Dec.
22) means Microsoft must sell a European version of
Windows without the Windows Media Player.
Until a final appeal in the antitrust case is heard in the next two years, the
software giant will also be required to disclose
parts of its Windows source code.
Microsoft's appeal stems from a March ruling by the EU's Competition Committee
that imposed sanctions and a large fine for violating
European antitrust laws. Microsoft was seeking a preliminary injunction that
would have delayed the ruling taking effect while its
appeal was being heard.
"Microsoft has not demonstrated specifically that it might suffer serious and
irreparable damage," Court of First Instance President
Bo Vesterdorf said.
Nicholas Economides, an economics professor at New York University who
specializes in antitrust law, said the Luxembourg court's
ruling upholding penalties imposed by the EU means Microsoft will have to
produce a stripped-down version of Windows in Europe and
pay the largest fine in EU history - $665.4 million.
However, the ruling by the second highest EU court can still be appealed to the
European Court of Justice.
Copyright 2003 CMP Media
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