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Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Ruling
Ec|ipse writes "Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European court order to implement antitrust sanctions, Instead, Microsoft hopes to win their main appeal that they (Microsoft) had abused their software dominance."
From TFA: "...but it [MS] is continuing with a separate, main appeal against the Commission's decision that it abused the near monopoly of its Windows operating system..."
So if it wins here, will sanctions eventually be dropped? It's just manoeuvring by MS surely.
Did he inhale?
How is this case going to benefit anybody but Real Networks or Apple?
By opening competition in the media player market. Most users would be too lazy to search for and install the superior media player if one is already bundled (integrated?) into Windows. I think that it would be pretty cool if Microsoft sold Windows, and users could choose to insall any "distro" they want, or a custom one, rather than just IE + WMP + MSOffice.
I thought the point of breaking up the "Microsoft Monopoly" was so that people wouldn't be "forced" into using Microsoft's unstable and unsecure operation system
No, it was to prevent them from forcing people who already do use Windows to use stuff like internet explorer, allowing them to take over the browser market, etc.
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You can not remove IE. There is an option to remove it in components, but give it a try sometime, and then open up My Computer and type in a URL into the address bar.
I haven't tried the same with Windows Media Player, but I doubt it can be fully removed either.
Yes, I know this is Slashdot. Yes I know.
Yet, the article states very clearly: "Microsoft said it would continue to appeal the Commission's landmark ruling".
The only thing they won't appeal is the court order to "immediately implement antitrust sanctions".
This only means they will not appeal the ruling that says "you need to implement this NOW", which is in fact a ruling to the appeal they made to the main sanctions (sorry for getting complicated).
Appealing this "NOW!" ruling would not make any difference for the "NOW!" part, and it will not make any difference for the damages Microsoft will claim for the main case. And as there are no extra damages to the NOW! part, there's nothing to do here - which is exactly what Yahoo says.
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How about 'they've been found guilty of criminal activity and have been ordered by the court to do so in partial restitution'?
I'm old enough to remember when discussions on Slashdot were well informed.