European Commission

Polish watchdog asks the EU to investagate Microsoft for anti-trust

Microsoft Subnet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:09:52 -0400

A watchdog organization in Poland has reportedly asked the EU's European Commission to investigate Microsoft over its dealings with laptop makers in the region, Reuters and the Warsaw Business Journal report. The organization had been conducting an investigation over whether Microsoft was colluding with laptop makers to restrict the availability of Linux as an operating system choice.

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Microsoft to add support for ODF and PDF in Office

Microsoft Subnet — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:22:19 -0400

Don't you just want to roll your eyes?

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Europe to allow cell phones on planes

videonet — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:18:14 -0400

The European Commission introduced measures to allow cell phone use on airplanes. This means that the 90% of European air passengers that already carry mobile phones will remain reachable during flights.

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EU fines Microsoft $1.3B for antitrust abuse

videonet — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:33:36 -0500

In the continuing saga between Microsoft and the European Commission, the commission fined Microsoft 899 million Euros, about 1.3 billion dollars on Wednesday for what the competition commissioner called continued failure to honor a 2004 antitrust ruling.

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Microsoft may be slapped with $2.2 billion antitrust fine from EU

Microsoft Subnet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:19:26 -0500

Regulators in the European Union have not been swayed by Microsoft's announcement last week that it was finally making its software communication protocols openly available. Bloomberg is reporting that the EU is considering slapping Microsoft with a fine for not complying with its 2004 antitrust order. The fine may be announced on February 27. Microsoft revealed in a January 24 regulatory filing that it was anticipating a fine that could be as high as 1.5 euros ($2.2 billino).

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Torvalds approves of Microsoft's protocol sharing

Microsoft Subnet — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:58:31 -0500

As you might expect, the open source community has given a mixed response to Microsoft's announcement last week that it is freely publishing protocols for its popular software to ease interoperability. Some are cautiously optimistic and some remain hostile. Red Hat, for instance, remains in the hostile camp, according to a story in the Washington Post. No surprise there since Red Hat's operating systems competes directly with Microsoft's wares, and Red Hat wins when Microsoft takes an anti-open-source stance.

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European Commission wary of Microsoft's 'openness'

videonet — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:40:50 -0500

Microsoft and the European Commission have butted heads over the company’s business practices and the European Committee for Interoperable Systems is a bit skeptical of Microsoft’s pledge for greater transparency.

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