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EU May Issue Preliminary Microsoft Ruling This Year

Posted by timothy on from the naming-names-or-sidelong-glances dept.

Yeti7226 writes "Just saw this on Yahoo!: EU Sees Preliminary Microsoft Decision Late '02 Here's an excerpt: "The European Commission will issue a preliminary ruling in an antitrust case against Microsoft late this year and a final decision next year, a top official at the EU executive said on Friday." Yeti7226 continues: "I don't expect this to have immediate effect but the ruling itself may serve to wake some people that are as of yet unaware of the kind of company they are dealing with (yes, those people exist)."

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  1. Assumptions by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 3, Informative

    but the ruling itself may serve to wake some people

    You're assuming they're going to find against Microsoft.

  2. Settle down now by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Although this case will be significantly smaller than that in the US, it could prove influential over there.

    But let's just hope the little evil word 'settlement' doesn't pop up any time soon.