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Antitrust hearing, day 3: Rebuttal by the European Commission

After lunch on day 3, the European Commission applied a very strong ventilator to the smoke screen thrown up by Microsoft in the morning, and the picture that emerged from this was rather clear. Firstly, interoperability is not a binary … Continue reading

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Antitrust hearing, day 3: Microsoft opens interoperability side of case

Todays opening of the second part of the Microsoft antitrust case at the European Court in Luxembourg made a furious start with several hours of Microsoft presentation. Mr Forrester opened with the heartbreaking example of an Irish TV guide called … Continue reading

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Microsoft Antitrust Trial: BSD does not run on PCs and more nonsense…

It is not every day that you get to see a European Court grand jury of thirteen judges. Given the importance of this case, such a high level of legal authority does indeed seem necessary: This may be the last … Continue reading

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ECIS: Microsoft antitrust ruling should apply to all areas

The Microsoft antitrust case has received a lot of attention from the press, as you could also see in JJ’s press review. And yesterday, David Gow published an excellent piece on the case in UK’s Guardian, titled ‘A question of … Continue reading

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