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MS Faces Hard Sell in EU Antitrust Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the insufficient-bribes-dispensed dept.

juicy_pants writes "The software giant emerged virtually unscathed in November from an eight-year battle with U.S. federal and state authorities over how its violations of antitrust laws should be rectified. But it may not fare as well in another major antitrust case, now entering its final phase at European Union headquarters in Brussels."

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  1. Favourite quote by rekulator · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "... the Europeans are also studying whether Microsoft must disclose more information to competitors so they can develop software that interacts with Microsoft's server software, the central brains of computer networks. Microsoft worries that competitors such as Sun Microsystems Inc. would use that information to clone its servers."

    Huh? Sun would clone MS servers? Come on.

  2. Time for Comedy portion of this article by cioxx · · Score: 2, Redundant
    To blockquoth the article:
    "...Europeans are also studying whether Microsoft must disclose more information to competitors so they can develop software that interacts with Microsoft's server software, the central brains of computer networks. Microsoft worries that competitors such as Sun Microsystems Inc. would use that information to clone its servers."

    Emphasis added.

    Does anyone think this is the most hillarious thing ever, or what? I'm pretty sure Sun is dying to clone IIS or the .NET Server to replace the unstable Solaris for once and for all.