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IP/04/382
Brussels, 24 March 2004
Commission concludes on Microsoft investigation, imposes conduct remedies and a fine
The European Commission has concluded, after a five-year investigation, that Microsoft Corporation broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems (OS) onto the markets for work group server operating systems(1) and for media players(2). Because the illegal behaviour is still ongoing, the Commission has ordered Microsoft to disclose to competitors, within 120 days, the interfaces(3) required for their products to be able to 'talk' with the ubiquitous Windows OS. Microsoft is also required, within 90 days, to offer a version of its Windows OS without Windows Media Player to PC manufacturers (or when selling directly to end users). In addition, Microsoft is fined 497 million for abusing its market power in the EU.
"Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition on the merits and does not harm consumers and innovation " said European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti. "Today's decision restores the conditions for fair competition in the markets concerned and establish clear principles for the future conduct of a company with such a strong dominant position," he added.
After an exhaustive and extensive investigation of more than five years and three statements of objections(4), the Commission has today taken a decision finding that US software company Microsoft Corporation has violated the EU Treaty's competition rules by abusing its near monopoly(5) (Article 82) in the PC operating system.
Microsoft abused its market power by deliberately restricting interoperability between Windows PCs and non-Microsoft work group servers, and by tying its Windows Media Player (WMP), a product where it faced competition, with its ubiquitous Windows operating system.
This illegal conduct has enabled Microsoft to acquire a dominant position in the market for work group server operating systems, which are at the heart of corporate IT networks, and risks eliminating competition altogether in that market. In addition, Microsoft's conduct has significantly weakened competition on the media player market.
The ongoing abuses act as a brake on innovation and harm the competitive process and consumers, who ultimately end up with less choice and facing higher prices.
For these very serious abuses, which have been ongoing for five and a half years, the Commission has imposed a fine of 497.2 million.
Remedies
In order to restore the conditions of fair competition, the Commission has imposed the following remedies:
As regards interoperability, Microsoft is required, within 120 days, to disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers. This will enable rival vendors to develop products that can compete on a level playing field in the work group server operating system market. The disclosed information will have to be updated each time Microsoft brings to the market new versions of its relevant products.
To the extent that any of this interface information might be protected by intellectual property in the European Economic Area(6), Microsoft would be entitled to reasonable remuneration. The disclosure order concerns the interface documentation only, and not the Windows source code, as this is not necessary to achieve the development of interoperable products.
As regards tying, Microsoft is required, within 90 days, to offer to PC manufacturers a v
Commission concludes on Microsoft investigation, imposes conduct remedies and a fine
The European Commission has concluded, after a five-year investigation, that Microsoft Corporation broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems (OS) onto the markets for work group server operating systems(1) and for media players(2). Because the illegal behaviour is still ongoing, the Commission has ordered Microsoft to disclose to competitors, within 120 days, the interfaces(3) required for their products to be able to 'talk' with the ubiquitous Windows OS. Microsoft is also required, within 90 days, to offer a version of its Windows OS without Windows Media Player to PC manufacturers (or when selling directly to end users). In addition, Microsoft is fined 497 million for abusing its market power in the EU.
"Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition on the merits and does not harm consumers and innovation " said European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti. "Today's decision restores the conditions for fair competition in the markets concerned and establish clear principles for the future conduct of a company with such a strong dominant position," he added.
After an exhaustive and extensive investigation of more than five years and three statements of objections(4), the Commission has today taken a decision finding that US software company Microsoft Corporation has violated the EU Treaty's competition rules by abusing its near monopoly(5) (Article 82) in the PC operating system.
Microsoft abused its market power by deliberately restricting interoperability between Windows PCs and non-Microsoft work group servers, and by tying its Windows Media Player (WMP), a product where it faced competition, with its ubiquitous Windows operating system.
This illegal conduct has enabled Microsoft to acquire a dominant position in the market for work group server operating systems, which are at the heart of corporate IT networks, and risks eliminating competition altogether in that market. In addition, Microsoft's conduct has significantly weakened competition on the media player market.
The ongoing abuses act as a brake on innovation and harm the competitive process and consumers, who ultimately end up with less choice and facing higher prices.
For these very serious abuses, which have been ongoing for five and a half years, the Commission has imposed a fine of 497.2 million.
Remedies
In order to restore the conditions of fair competition, the Commission has imposed the following remedies:
As regards interoperability, Microsoft is required, within 120 days, to disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers. This will enable rival vendors to develop products that can compete on a level playing field in the work group server operating system market. The disclosed information will have to be updated each time Microsoft brings to the market new versions of its relevant products.
To the extent that any of this interface information might be protected by intellectual property in the European Economic Area(6), Microsoft would be entitled to reasonable remuneration. The disclosure order concerns the interface documentation only, and not the Windows source code, as this is not necessary to achieve the development of interoperable products.
As regards tying, Microsoft is required, within 90 days, to offer to PC manufacturers a version of its Windows client PC operating system without WMP. The un-tying remedy does not mean that consumers will obtain PCs and operating systems without media players. M
what i meant was a webdav provider so that i could test out my ical-publish-feature and see whether its usefull. and no i don't have my own server running all the time.
all in all i like ical although i'm not to happy about the speed. switching from week to month takes some time (3secs) on my 600 ibook. probably depending on the amount of dates...
does anyone know a webdav server for free ? or how do i use that with my jagwire? like hosting my calendar myself ?
Although this might be a minor problem to many of you, I think it is essential for the first impression...
What I mean is:
You have to clean up the KMenu. If you hit the K-Button in most distributions you get tons of applications, utilities etc... In addition to that you often have a gnome entry that has all the gnome menus, with again tons of entries.
What about small arrows like Windo$ has, so that you see just the recently used? Or a small, medium, and regular menu?
I mean KDE is THE way to get people from other platforms to Linux. Why show them that "mess" with all these entries ?
Show them a clean menu and give them later the option to add / see more.
well still "old" models like the ibook have a huge gap.
I mean I'm willing to pay more for a great product but not more because of a different keyboard.
I just checked: the gap at the new i book is appr. 550 euro !!!
I just saw the Keynote in the Apple store in Palo Alto. And I was pretty amazed too.
I guess I'm switching over and going to buy the new Ibook.
But for me the big question is:
How many PC Users will Apple get with the new IMac etc ? Will Pc users adobt to the new apps and os ?
I hope so because the long discussed great mix of Unix and Mac Design in MacOSX and the GREAT hardware they presented today, I think this is worth more than 5 % marketshare.
Ohhh and PLEASE Apple Germany:
Make the price the same as in the US !!!
Why do I have to pay appr. 300$ more than in the US ?
This is something I've been seeing eversince I installed my first distrubution.
You click thourgh the installation and say ask yourself wether you need that particular app or not. In the end you install almost all of them.
Even if you don't, the K-Menu (hitting the K-Button) is packed with programms. Which is great !!! But I would love to see a feature like windo$ has: If you get to Programs you just see the recently used apps and by hitting a small arrow you get all of them.
And then once again: KDE-Team: I'm impressed !!! I don't know where you find the time for all this work but WE LOVE IT. keep it up yooo
matt
ps: where can I change the background image for the konsole
What do you use on Mac Os X ?
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Java IDEs?
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I want to switch to MacOsX soon. But I would like to use software that I can use on other platforms too.
JBuilder is a perfect example: Win, Linux, OsX...
So what about other tools, IDEs ?
Like the Together ControlCenter ?
OK the net might not be ready (or it will never be) but the weeks after the attack I couldn't start a day to read through my favourid news site.
I'm in the states right now but I come from germany and I have to read german news like spiegel.de. Some news seemed to be there before I heard theme here.
Still most of the news sites I read are orininated from some old media. But I would get a totally different view from this whole scene with just watching us tv.
... or what is the youth doing in the US ?
I think the main reason why SMS is so popular in Germany (propably rest of europe and aisa too) is that teens hang out allday long writing sms. But other as wired wrote it's not a money reason. A usual sms costs 0,40 DM where as a minute phonecall costs the same.
The reasons are more teenager based.
Writing is more like chatting. You have a certain "distance" between the chatters and you can write things more easily ("Why didn't you go out with me last night?")
So the main sms boom is caused by teens. When you drive bus, walk through the city or sit in a pub (yes teens are allowed) you can seen them hanging over their cellphone writing sms.
So what are the US teens doing ?
Matt
Slashdot Mirror
199$? They seem to aggressively push the IPhone into the market. Who else sees this move as a direct attack to Google Anroid?
well you would HAVE TO subsrcibe to GEZ which ist around 15 Euros a month.
Wether you actually watch TV or just play games
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DN: IP/04/382 Date: 24/03/2004
TXT: FR EN DE DA ES PT NL IT SW FI EL
PDF: FR EN DE DA ES PT NL IT SW FI EL
DOC: FR EN DE DA ES PT NL IT SW FI EL
IP/04/382
Brussels, 24 March 2004
Commission concludes on Microsoft investigation, imposes conduct remedies and a fine
The European Commission has concluded, after a five-year investigation, that Microsoft Corporation broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems (OS) onto the markets for work group server operating systems(1) and for media players(2). Because the illegal behaviour is still ongoing, the Commission has ordered Microsoft to disclose to competitors, within 120 days, the interfaces(3) required for their products to be able to 'talk' with the ubiquitous Windows OS. Microsoft is also required, within 90 days, to offer a version of its Windows OS without Windows Media Player to PC manufacturers (or when selling directly to end users). In addition, Microsoft is fined 497 million for abusing its market power in the EU.
"Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition on the merits and does not harm consumers and innovation " said European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti. "Today's decision restores the conditions for fair competition in the markets concerned and establish clear principles for the future conduct of a company with such a strong dominant position," he added.
After an exhaustive and extensive investigation of more than five years and three statements of objections(4), the Commission has today taken a decision finding that US software company Microsoft Corporation has violated the EU Treaty's competition rules by abusing its near monopoly(5) (Article 82) in the PC operating system.
Microsoft abused its market power by deliberately restricting interoperability between Windows PCs and non-Microsoft work group servers, and by tying its Windows Media Player (WMP), a product where it faced competition, with its ubiquitous Windows operating system.
This illegal conduct has enabled Microsoft to acquire a dominant position in the market for work group server operating systems, which are at the heart of corporate IT networks, and risks eliminating competition altogether in that market. In addition, Microsoft's conduct has significantly weakened competition on the media player market.
The ongoing abuses act as a brake on innovation and harm the competitive process and consumers, who ultimately end up with less choice and facing higher prices.
For these very serious abuses, which have been ongoing for five and a half years, the Commission has imposed a fine of 497.2 million.
Remedies
In order to restore the conditions of fair competition, the Commission has imposed the following remedies:
As regards interoperability, Microsoft is required, within 120 days, to disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers. This will enable rival vendors to develop products that can compete on a level playing field in the work group server operating system market. The disclosed information will have to be updated each time Microsoft brings to the market new versions of its relevant products.
To the extent that any of this interface information might be protected by intellectual property in the European Economic Area(6), Microsoft would be entitled to reasonable remuneration. The disclosure order concerns the interface documentation only, and not the Windows source code, as this is not necessary to achieve the development of interoperable products.
As regards tying, Microsoft is required, within 90 days, to offer to PC manufacturers a v
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IP/04/382
Brussels, 24 March 2004
Commission concludes on Microsoft investigation, imposes conduct remedies and a fine
The European Commission has concluded, after a five-year investigation, that Microsoft Corporation broke European Union competition law by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems (OS) onto the markets for work group server operating systems(1) and for media players(2). Because the illegal behaviour is still ongoing, the Commission has ordered Microsoft to disclose to competitors, within 120 days, the interfaces(3) required for their products to be able to 'talk' with the ubiquitous Windows OS. Microsoft is also required, within 90 days, to offer a version of its Windows OS without Windows Media Player to PC manufacturers (or when selling directly to end users). In addition, Microsoft is fined 497 million for abusing its market power in the EU.
"Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition on the merits and does not harm consumers and innovation " said European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti. "Today's decision restores the conditions for fair competition in the markets concerned and establish clear principles for the future conduct of a company with such a strong dominant position," he added.
After an exhaustive and extensive investigation of more than five years and three statements of objections(4), the Commission has today taken a decision finding that US software company Microsoft Corporation has violated the EU Treaty's competition rules by abusing its near monopoly(5) (Article 82) in the PC operating system.
Microsoft abused its market power by deliberately restricting interoperability between Windows PCs and non-Microsoft work group servers, and by tying its Windows Media Player (WMP), a product where it faced competition, with its ubiquitous Windows operating system.
This illegal conduct has enabled Microsoft to acquire a dominant position in the market for work group server operating systems, which are at the heart of corporate IT networks, and risks eliminating competition altogether in that market. In addition, Microsoft's conduct has significantly weakened competition on the media player market.
The ongoing abuses act as a brake on innovation and harm the competitive process and consumers, who ultimately end up with less choice and facing higher prices.
For these very serious abuses, which have been ongoing for five and a half years, the Commission has imposed a fine of 497.2 million.
Remedies
In order to restore the conditions of fair competition, the Commission has imposed the following remedies:
As regards interoperability, Microsoft is required, within 120 days, to disclose complete and accurate interface documentation which would allow non-Microsoft work group servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers. This will enable rival vendors to develop products that can compete on a level playing field in the work group server operating system market. The disclosed information will have to be updated each time Microsoft brings to the market new versions of its relevant products.
To the extent that any of this interface information might be protected by intellectual property in the European Economic Area(6), Microsoft would be entitled to reasonable remuneration. The disclosure order concerns the interface documentation only, and not the Windows source code, as this is not necessary to achieve the development of interoperable products.
As regards tying, Microsoft is required, within 90 days, to offer to PC manufacturers a version of its Windows client PC operating system without WMP. The un-tying remedy does not mean that consumers will obtain PCs and operating systems without media players. M
is there a way to import birthdates into ical ?
if not has anyone written a script or something.
i was pretty dissapointet when import feature from addressbook didn't get the birthdates from my palm file.
what i meant was a webdav provider
so that i could test out my ical-publish-feature
and see whether its usefull.
and no i don't have my own server running all the time.
all in all i like ical although i'm not to happy about the speed. switching from week to month takes some time (3secs) on my 600 ibook. probably depending on the amount of dates...
does anyone know a webdav server for free ?
or how do i use that with my jagwire? like hosting my calendar myself ?
thanx for that comment. i totally agree.
try this perl script. no nead for Terminal !
http://www.htvoon.freeserve.co.uk/mac
There is nothing wrong with them and I didn't say that. I was just aksing for additional information.
Are there some good articles out there (besides the sun ones) on how to use the new features?
thx
matt
Although this might be a minor problem to many of you, I think it is essential for the first impression ...
... In addition to that you often have a gnome entry that has all the gnome menus, with again tons of entries.
What I mean is:
You have to clean up the KMenu. If you hit the K-Button in most distributions you get tons of applications, utilities etc
What about small arrows like Windo$ has, so that you see just the recently used? Or a small, medium, and regular menu?
I mean KDE is THE way to get people from other platforms to Linux. Why show them that "mess" with all these entries ?
Show them a clean menu and give them later the option to add / see more.
well still "old" models like the ibook have a huge gap.
I mean I'm willing to pay more for a great product but not more because of a different keyboard.
I just checked: the gap at the new i book is appr. 550 euro !!!
not going to reply to that.
8 9/ ref=rm_item
but in the case you come back.
i just read about a book.
maybe you would like to read it:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/08050638
see you
matt
3 is enough if you think that many will just use 1 eg: mouse and keyboard
I just saw the Keynote in the Apple store in Palo Alto. And I was pretty amazed too.
I guess I'm switching over and going to buy the new Ibook.
But for me the big question is:
How many PC Users will Apple get with the new IMac etc ?
Will Pc users adobt to the new apps and os ?
I hope so because the long discussed great mix of Unix and Mac Design in MacOSX and the GREAT hardware they presented today, I think this is worth more than 5 % marketshare.
Ohhh and PLEASE Apple Germany:
Make the price the same as in the US !!!
Why do I have to pay appr. 300$ more than in the US ?
This is something I've been seeing eversince I installed my first distrubution.
You click thourgh the installation and say ask yourself wether you need that particular app or not. In the end you install almost all of them.
Even if you don't, the K-Menu (hitting the K-Button) is packed with programms. Which is great !!!
But I would love to see a feature like windo$ has:
If you get to Programs you just see the recently used apps and by hitting a small arrow you get all of them.
And then once again: KDE-Team: I'm impressed !!!
I don't know where you find the time for all this work but WE LOVE IT. keep it up yooo
matt
ps: where can I change the background image for the konsole
I want to switch to MacOsX soon. But I would like to use software that I can use on other platforms too. ...
JBuilder is a perfect example: Win, Linux, OsX
So what about other tools, IDEs ?
Like the Together ControlCenter ?
OK the net might not be ready (or it will never be) but the weeks after the attack I couldn't start a day to read through my favourid news site.
I'm in the states right now but I come from germany and I have to read german news like spiegel.de. Some news seemed to be there before I heard theme here.
Still most of the news sites I read are orininated from some old media. But I would get a totally different view from this whole scene with just watching us tv.
For me net is the most important news media.
A colleaque student did a diploma thesis with gprs (Hey Joergi where are you). And he experienced roundtrip times around 2s. Yes two seconds !!!
I'm not to familiar with this whole matter but what is theoreticly 170k good for if I need 6 secs for a handshake ?
What happend to kde.themes.org ?
After the hack of the server I haven't seen any new themes coming up ?
Under newest were themes from 1999
Come folks that is really important to those arguments like "Wow your destop looks awesome, I want that on my computer too !"
For many win$ kids this is an huge argmuent.
... or what is the youth doing in the US ?
I think the main reason why SMS is so popular in Germany (propably rest of europe and aisa too) is that teens hang out allday long writing sms. But other as wired wrote it's not a money reason. A usual sms costs 0,40 DM where as a minute phonecall costs the same. The reasons are more teenager based. Writing is more like chatting. You have a certain "distance" between the chatters and you can write things more easily ("Why didn't you go out with me last night?")
So the main sms boom is caused by teens. When you drive bus, walk through the city or sit in a pub (yes teens are allowed) you can seen them hanging over their cellphone writing sms.
So what are the US teens doing ?
Matt