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EU Official Labels Microsoft's Behavior Unacceptable

Posted by Zonk on from the i-thought-he-who-had-the-gold-makes-the-rules dept.

InfoWorldMike writes "EU commissioner Neelie Kroes has lashed out at Microsoft in comments to European parliamentarians Thursday, saying it is 'unacceptable' that the company continues to gain market share using tactics that were outlawed in the Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against the software vendor. 'Three years later Microsoft still hasn't complied with the main demand imposed by the European antitrust ruling: that the company share interoperability information inside Windows at a reasonable price to allow rival makers of workgroup servers to build products that work properly with PCs running Windows.'"

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  1. Not taking sides... by GrayCalx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But I would like to see what would happen if Microsoft just said "We're not changing our practices, so we won't sell our products in Europe." Would computer users revolt against the EU? Would they be angry at MS instead? Meh, it'll never happen but sometimes just to watch the debacle of it all, I wish it would.

  2. Interesting by LilWolf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's interesting how every time there's a news story of EU slapping Microsoft for breaking EU laws, the slashdotters suddenly come out siding with Microsoft.

    Never mind that they were bashing Microsoft just one news story below and complaining how monopolistic and evil Microsoft is :)

  3. Re:I'm far from anti-European but this guy is a bo by KokorHekkus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're just forgetting one small detail: the person decding if Microsoft complied with interoperabilty demands was picked from a shortlist that Microsoft themselves provided. In essence Microsoft to pick the own jury with no intervention and yet they failed. I belive that speaks volumes.