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EC Reviews New Complaints Against Microsoft

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the some-people-just-can't-win dept.

Rob tells us that while Microsoft may still be fighting against existing antitrust sanctions the European Commission is already reviewing new complaints made against the software giant. From the article: "European Commission spokesperson, Jonathan Todd, confirmed that the competition commission is considering the complaints but said that no decision has been taken on a course of action, adding that the commission does not have to wait for formal complaints to take action against a company it suspects of anti-competitive behavior."

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  1. interesting. best of luck! by ministerofsickeningr · · Score: 5, Informative

    if the EC did force M$ to embrace interoperability. it would be a boon for open source, and other software companies wanting to not get stomped on with each new rev of OS/application suite.

  2. Re:nothing new to see here... move along... by Karzz1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I found this particular paragraph interesting:

    "Ms Kroes has declared herself "determined" that open source developers should have access to the information, and Microsoft appealed to the Court of First Instance recently to get a legal decision on whether it should be required to share communications source code with open source software vendors."

    Since when does anyone give a crap about MS source code... I thought they just wanted the specifications for these protocols published in a free (beer and speech) manner?

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    Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.