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Microsoft to meet with top EU judge

Microsoft to meet with top EU judge"Software Behemoth" Is A Little Over The Tophttp://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Behemoth&x=14&y=8One entry found for behemoth.Main Entry: be·he·moth 1 often capitalized : a mighty animal described in Job 40:15-24 as an example of the power of God2 : something of monstrous size or power 3 :...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Very Interesting, Microsoft Corp., merger, Mario Monti, Monti, European Commission, commission

Discussion threads 2004-07-06

EU's Intel probe highlights regulation tussle with U.S.

EU's Intel probe highlights regulation tussle with U.S.did they say Oil Cartels are exempt because they are controlled?[i]But he said the differences are easy to overstate. The EU is aligned with the United States on most major issues of competition policy, particularly in well-established areas such as [b]price fixing cases...

Tags: Litigation, Intel Corp., Mario Monti, anti-Trust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-08

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Microsoft's Ballmer outlines his seven big bets for 2009

Microsoft's Ballmer outlines his seven big bets for 2009What I see is another executive whodoesn't get the fact that sometimes you simply have to accept a situation where there is no growth, but simply maintenance of market share.CEOs and their ilk need to learn that a balance must be struck...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?

Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?I would not say that "But the timing is amusing"but rather more towards "not unexpected", and actually quite logical.It is about time. If every other competitor of Microsoft is going to run crying "Anti-Trust" to the EU every other week their...

Tags: Network technology, IBM Corp., EC antitrust, T3, Neelie Kroes, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Chinese antitrust and Microsoft

Chinese antitrust and MicrosoftTo the previous poster...Truer words have never been spoken posted this at the wrong levelIrony...Chinese Government is the biggest monopoly of all.RE: Chinese antitrust and Microsoftwhy would China care about the retail price of microsoft products in light of such cheery articles as these: "only 244...

Tags: Corporate law, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., Chinese antitrust, antitrust, Chinese Government

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236

Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236Missing point, JohnEspecially since this was all about documentation, you might have mentioned that forcing Microsoft to actually generate external documentation (instead of "the source [u]is[/u] the documentation") will also benefit the Company, however much it grated on the egos involved.Price charged for IP.For clarity,...

Tags: Public relations, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?

European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?Fine is for the pastThis fine is for the past and has nothing to do with their current 'openness'!I'm gladI'm so glad Microsoft have suddenly changed and decided to makes these moves purely out the goodness of their own hearts.Who knows if the...

Tags: Servers, European Commission, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Google's antitrust throwdown

Google's antitrust throwdownWell...I too am unconvinced that this takeover thing is good in any sense. Personally, I think where anti-trust is going to come in is not over search, but over the portal, IM and webmail dominance it'd give Microsoft. Mind you that presumes that the userbase for these services...

Tags: Web browsers, Corporate law, INTERNET, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Interesting JC, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal

EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appealWhat really matters......is what will exist on computers and what it will cost.Hardware has dropped to less than a tenth of the price paid 20 years ago. Software, on the other hand, is not dropping in price.This situation reminds me of the movie and music...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, antitrust, hardware, Dell Computer Corp., software, EU Court, Microsoft Corp., real court

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Microsoft asking EC for more details on licensing fees

Microsoft asking EC for more details on licensing feesIs 0.0% a permissible amountwhy even call it a fee if that number was granted? Just say the penalty applied is freely licensing.Talk about blowing smoke..."The Commission will review Microsoft's response and will ultimately make a formal decision on whether Microsoft...

Tags: Sales force management, Microsoft Corp., Kroes

Discussion threads 2007-04-23

Moral hazards and net neutrality

Moral hazards and net neutralityRegulation...Is never a good thing unless really necessary. And there are almost no situations where it's necessary. Look what a bang up job the government has done in literally all areas of regulation and it's easy to see why it's not the best course of...

Tags: Regulations, regulation, Net Neutrality, government

Discussion threads 2006-08-03

Something about Microsoft, or Europe demands it share

Something about Microsoft, or Europe demands it shareWhat the EU is askingWhat the EU is asking is the equivalent of Pfizer to release all intellectual property so that a generic lab can mass produce the same drugs.Why would Pfizer want to do that.After all hasnt Pfizer spent billions to develop...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., API, Pfizer Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-09-07

Microsoft won't fight EU ruling--for now

Microsoft won't fight EU ruling--for nowLadies and gentlemen, The Full Monti ...... for your viewing pleasure.Or, rather, for your dark satisfaction.You can't see anything when the capabilities expected of a modern operating system (viz, Windows) have been intentionally removed.I hope that re-installation of the essential requirements is easy, so anyone...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Media players, Microsoft Corp., Full Monti, media player, trade secret

Discussion threads 2005-01-24

EU upholds penalties against Microsoft

EU upholds penalties against MicrosoftIs there anyone who seriously though it would go any other way?Any bets on how the European Court of Justice will rule?Got gon@ds the size of a whale!You gotta ask yourself one question, do ya feel lucky punk?YES!!! You were saying Bitty?...Huh? What was that? Got...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-12-22

EU plans Microsoft ruling for Wednesday

EU plans Microsoft ruling for WednesdayThey need to stick to their guns...Otherwise all companies will begin to think that Antitrust in the EU is a joke.Oh, now THAT'S cute:It's "Windows [i]near-[/i]monopoly" now instead of simply a monopoly.Here we go with Revisionist History.Santa Clause is coming on Wednesday!I hope that the...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, Digital music, Anti-trust, Santa Clause, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-12-20

EU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a month

EU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a monthEU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a monthBleh, I hate posting on holidays but the EU started it first. So screw the EU for making Americans work on a national holiday. They could have at least respected our holidays and postponed...

Tags: Linux, Litigation, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, YEAHRIGHT, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Ruling

Discussion threads 2004-11-25

Can Microsoft buy RealNetworks' silence?

Can Microsoft buy RealNetworks' silence?Maybe MS can build up Apple against Realand they can continue to trade barbs over the iPod.Man, it would be worth a pretty penny to tilt the scales in Europe.I guess that was part of what they got by paying Novel half a billion, though a...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, RealNetworks Inc., anwer, anti-Trust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-11-12

EU to approve Oracle-PeopleSoft deal?

EU to approve Oracle-PeopleSoft deal?About time the EU commision learned their place!;-)What I don't get"...in a bid to complete approval before Competition Commissioner Mario Monti leaves office..."If the deal is going to be approved anyway, why is it so important to get it done before Monti leaves office? Approving the...

Tags: Competition Commissioner Mario Monti, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-10-07

Europe's 'insult' to the Internet

Europe's 'insult' to the InternetThey haven't figured it out.The Europeans haven't figured it out and it seems they never will.A nation cannot be prosperous without freedom. This includes freedom from taxation. With all of the examples of the results from differing government systems one would think it was obvious by...

Tags: Government, Regulations, regulation, Internet, Monti, bureaucrat, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-21

EU's Monti stands behind Microsoft fine

EU's Monti stands behind Microsoft fineStatoil and Norsk Hydro, which faced fines of $3bn and $2bn respectively.EU don't like anti competive behaviorhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2134674.stmThe U.S. judicial system simply doesn't work !No reason to blame the EU for the shortcomings of the U.S. judicial system. We should be ashamed to let bullies like...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Strategy, IT Personnel, Monti Boy, Microsoft Corp., Monti

Discussion threads 2004-04-16