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- Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine
- Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record finecompetition vs. customersHi, Dennis.I said what I did, re: EU case being more about competitors whining than cutomers whining because of the reception or lack thereof for the versions of Windows with Media Player removed that are sold in Europe. No one wants them.I...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Steelie Neelie, Microsoft Corp., crook, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine
- When Neelie Kroes burst on the scene as EU Commissioner for Competition with a hefty swipe at Microsoft back in 2004, my thoughts at the time were something like: 'Out of touch, doesn't get the issues.' Four years on and her agenda is unequivocal. Drag Microsoft into line - whatever...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Steelie Neelie, Sales Strategy, Corporate Law, Sales Force Management, Security, Open Source, Sales, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
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- Can open source save Yahoo?
- Can open source save Yahoo?That's one weird photo....It actually looks like Yang's face has been Photoshopped onto a head belonging to someone else.Yahoo is a content company.Having a community which returns to the site is a resource for selling ads. That's why AOL bought Netscape. Well, that and...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., open source, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- 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
- Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours truly
- Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours truly???Is there a non-Silverlight version of this available? Merci.RE: Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours trulyEnjoyed the interview.--rjRE: Turning the tables: Channel 9 interviews yours trulyObservations:1. Don Box may be a legend, but he's weird in my opinion.2. The camera work was...
- Tags: Channel 9, movie star, Mary Jo
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Will+the+EU+fine+change+Microsoft%3F
- Will+the+EU+fine+change+Microsoft%3FOf course not.MSFT is run by the corporate equivalent of a rogue regime, the largest disinformation organization in the world. Only when the financial hurt becomes too high and the regime is toppled by the shareholders will anything change.The current regime is far too filled with liars, cheats and...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., MSFT
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Will the EU fine change Microsoft?
- The impact of the European Union's $1.3 billion anti-trust fine against Microsoft is still reverberating. There's a new sheriff in town, the fine says. Her name is Kroes, Neelie Kroes. She's Dutch, and sits on the board of among others McDonald's Dutch affiliate. That...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., European Union, Linux, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Regulations, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- News to know: EC vs. Microsoft; Google Sites; Evernote's incredible search; iPhone roadmap
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine Mary Jo Foley: European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable? Dennis Howlett: Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine John Carroll: Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Nanotechnology, Hacking, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- 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
- European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?
- Now we know another reason Microsoft rolled out with great fanfare last week its interoperability principles. Not only was it hoping for one more chance to claim openness around its Office Open XML document format, but it was also hoping to head off another hefty antitrust fine from the European...
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- EU+slaps+Microsoft+with+%241.3+billion+fine
- EU+slaps+Microsoft+with+%241.3+billion+fineWell ... back to work thenI note that not even Microsoft disputes the principle or the amount of the fine. Since Microsoft is now making the requested interoperability information available for a flat fee plus 0.4% of the revenues (if any !) this ought to close this particular case so...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine
- The European Commission has hit Microsoft with an 899 million euro fine for charging unreasonable prices for access "to interface documentations for work group servers" prior to Oct. 22, 2007 and failure to adhere to a March 2004 antitrust ruling. That fine equates to $1.35 billion or so--a big chunk...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- The EU: Too much control over the tech sector (and Microsoft) ?
- You can't understand the technology deals without being fluent in EU regulator-speak. And you also can't grasp Microsoft's next move without pondering what the European Union will do. Luckily, the Wall Street Journal shed a little light on the EU's antitrust chief Neelie Kroes. Kroes is the one...
- Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., European Union, Kroes, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Tempering the EC's antitrust enthusiasm
- In response to Microsoft's interoperability announcements last week, the EC, a force that has been pushing Microsoft down the "open" road for quite some time, had the following to say in response: The European Commission takes note of today's announcement by Microsoft of its intention to commit to a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Mozilla Firefox, Commission, Antitrust, Regulation, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., EC, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Security, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- A tale of two statements: Apple and the EU on iTunes pricing
- Apple has standardized its iTunes pricing across all of Europe and you'd think harmony would be in the air over the pond. Not so fast. Let's read between the lines. First up, is Apple's statement noting that it is leveling iTunes prices across Europe....
- Tags: Consumer, Commission, Europe, Apple Inc., U.K., Pricing Strategy, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Gorillas and antitrust regulators
- When a company loses an appeal of a negative antitrust ruling, how do they satisfy regulators whose strides have suddenly been lengthened by the stamp of approval handed down by an upper level court? If Microsoft's recent decision is any guide, they do whatever the hell that regulator tells them to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Regulator, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., EC, Microsoft Windows, Regulations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Microsoft says (again) it will comply fully with EU antitrust demands
- Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European Court of First Instance's decision to uphold the European Commission's antitrust decision against Microsoft. This means that Microsoft will comply fully with the European Commission's antitrust demands and provide full documentation enabling third-party products to interoperate with Windows and...
- Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Kroes, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- EU opens antitrust probe against Qualcomm
- EU opens antitrust probe against QualcommWhine, whine, whineThat's all I'm hearing. "They're charging us more than we want to pay - go get 'em, EU commission."QUALCOMM and MicrosoftPress from QUALCOMM. This very much is related to Microsoft."May 04, 2006 — QUALCOMM Incorporated and Microsoft Corp. today jointly announced a...
- Tags: Corporate law, Benefits, Qualcomm Inc., Microsoft Corp., antitrust
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO
- The European Commission has just levied a new $689,900,000 "fine" (read: tariff) on American software company Microsoft under the pretense of anti-trust which conveniently bypasses WTO agreements. The Brussels based think tank Globalization Institute has published a paper PDF where it recommends a ban on OS Operating System bundling for...
- Tags: World Trade Organization, European Commission, Operating System, Market Share, Tariff, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Globalization Institute, EC, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Free Trade, Productivity, Software, Finance, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
- One last tilt at the antitrust windmill
- One last tilt at the antitrust windmillJohn, Microsoft can do that. They just need to offer the base OS, and thenthey can sell an "add-on" package that has media player, browser, desktop search, you name it, whatever they need to compete with Apple. Heck, they could even give it away...
- Tags: Corporate law, Media players, Digital music, Digital media, media player market, Microsoft Corp., antitrust
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
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