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EC Suspends Microsoft Sanctions Due to Appeal

Posted by michael on from the too-nice-for-their-own-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Commission has suspended sanctions against Microsoft stemming from a ruling that the group had abused its dominant market position."

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  1. Foreseen by sarah_kerrigan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hello,

    The EC voted for patenting software. Why should we be impressed by this new decision?

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    1. Re:Foreseen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      The EP(arlament) voted against patenting software.

      The EP is choosen directly by voters.
      The EC is choosen by the states' govs.

  2. Court ruling by Zorilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    From article:

    Microsoft was ordered to unbundle the software within 90 days - that deadline runs out on Monday.

    Paraphrasing:
    EU: "You must unbundle the software in 90 days"
    Microsoft: "Is it ok if I decide to not do it instead of doing it?"
    EU: "Ok!"

    Sometimes, court rulings should be just that.

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  3. Let the market speak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Given that even CERT is now warning against teh use of some MS components I hope that the rest of the platform gets the thumbs down it richly deserves.

    Anyone involved in risk management shoudl by now have woken up to the fact that the MS platform combines high cost with high risk. Does it surprise anyone that people choose alternatives that combine low risk with low cost?

    The law is too slow - let the market decide.

    1. Re:Let the market speak by Tuvai · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The law is too slow - let the market decide.

      The entire point of these sanctions was to punish Microsoft for NOT letting the market decide. Anti-competative practices and monopolising in any situation is bad for a free market, even if the product meets the peoples needs.

  4. Re:And this is just... by f.money · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is stupid. When anyone appeals a judgement against them, the sentence is suspended until the outcome of the appeal - when the verdict is in doubt (it's being appealled), you shouldn't be punished.

    If MS loses the appeal, then the judgement will be reinstated. This is normal.

    jon

  5. Microsoft's found the perfect scheme. by mcc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They've realized the product cycles of the software world are smaller than the amount of time it takes to run a court case. This basically means you can violate whatever laws you like, and no one will do anything, because they can't stop you until winning a court case; but by the time they manage to run the court case to completion, the company you were violating said law against is bankrupt, the product you were doing it with has been replaced, the violation is no longer relevant to what you're doing currently, and no one seems to care so much about punishment because what's happened is in the past...

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