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More Microsoft competitors join European browser-bundling antitrust case

On April 15, the European Commission EC granted a request by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems ECIS to become an interested third-party in the current browser-bundling case involving Microsoft. ECIS is an association whose members include a number of Microsoft rivals, including Adobe, Corel, IBM, Nokia, Opera, Oracle, RealNetworks...

Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, ECIS, Web Browsers, Corporate Law, Internet, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-04-16

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....

Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probe

European antitrust regulators are kicking off two new Microsoft antitrust investigations, one of which involves products and technologies for which Microsoft allegedly is withholding interoperability information, including its .Net framework, Office Open XML OOXML document format and various server products. According to the European Commission's statement on...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft .NET, Regulator, Commission, Antitrust, Server, Microsoft Corp., ECIS, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Security, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-14

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Browser wars could improve productivity, but the enterprise still loves IE6

Browser wars could improve productivity, but the enterprise still loves IE6Browser wars could improve productivity, but the enterprise still loves IE6I upgraded to IE8 and my productivity has increased due to tabs, accelerators, and webslices. Everything on the corporate intranet works fine and haven't had any issues with it....

Tags: Web browsers, Software as a Service (SaaS), Strategy, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, information technology, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

More Microsoft competitors join European browser-bundling antitrust case

More Microsoft competitors join European browser-bundling antitrust caseI think the EC should just shut up...having IE bundled with windows does NOT harm the consumer. Its the consumers choice to use it OR (wait for it..) download [b]a competitor of their choice[/b]. Yes, all you have to do is fire up...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, More Microsoft competitor, browser-bundling antitrust case, European browser-bundling antitrust case, MORE Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXML

Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXMLEU and OOML[i]For the record, I requested more information from the European Commission regarding exactly how OOXML fits into its latest investigation and got no response.[/i]I emailed the ECIS about their complaint too. Also no responce. However, their web site...

Tags: Open Specification Promise, plug-in, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, Microsoft Office, XML

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probe

European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probeIt ain't the EU, stupid.It ain't the EU, stupid. It is a separate organisation. Plus, on the Opera, Norway isn't in the EU.Be carefulthey'll call you names here.There's apparently more money and fame in nitpicking instead of handling all issues...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, RSS, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, European Regulators, OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Opera brings action against M$ in Europe

Opera has registered a complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission, claiming Redmond illegally ties IE to Windows and is "hindering interoperability by not following accepted Web standards," Reuters reported. "By tying its Internet Explorer product to its monopoly Windows operating system and refusing to faithfully implement...

Tags: Internet, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Operating Systems, Richard Koman, Software, Web Browser, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft IE may fly in Europe

It's the brower war v. 2.0. No doubt, Opera’s antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft today to the European Commission is causing huge headaches in Redmond. The Norwegian company, whose pioneering open source browser rose to prominence on mobile devices, claims that...

Tags: Business Operations, European Commission, Internet, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney, Quality, Software, Standards, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Vista vs. members of the "Silly" party

Vista is officially being released today. That might explain why last week a group named ECIS that has represented European competitors to Microsoft before the European Commission "sounded the alarm" about Microsofts supposed intention to replace web programming linchpin HTML with XAML / WPF. Ignore for the moment that you...

Tags: General, HTML, Internet, IT Management, John Carroll, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsofts, Software Infrastructure, Toyota Motor Corp., Vista, WPF, XAML

Blog posts 2007-01-29

Rivals attack Vista as illegal under EU rules

Rivals attack Vista as illegal under EU rulesRivals attack Vista as illegal under EU rulesWhat a bunch of whiners. Maybe if their products were good enough to compete with Microsoft it wouldn't be an issue. And the EU being the greedy money grabbers they are will fall for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., EU Rules, software

Discussion threads 2007-01-26

EU voices concerns over Microsoft's Vista

EU voices concerns over Microsoft's Vistapeople need software freedomM$ is plotting to take away the software freedom from the people and the EU is fighting bravely against it.At the end of the day, Linux & EU will bring down the M$ beast.funny, I don't remember EU saying anything about OSXSo...

Tags: Linux, Corporate law, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OSX, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-03-29