____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 08 December 2007 15:50 : \____
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http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1567&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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> or http://tinyurl.com/yqljzw
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> [quote]
> Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes stated: “I welcome that
> Microsoft has finally undertaken concrete steps to ensure full
> compliance with the 2004 Decision. It is regrettable that
> Microsoft has only complied after a considerable delay, two court
> decisions, and the imposition of daily penalty payments. However,
> the measures that the Commission has insisted upon will benefit
> computer users by bringing competition and innovation back to the
> server market. The Commission will remain vigilant to ensure that
> Microsoft continues to respect its compliance obligations and
> does not engage in other anti-competitive behaviour. I have
> always said that open source software developers must be able to
> take advantage of this remedy: now they can.”
> [/quote]
>
> Following has an interesting statement regarding Open Source as
> being the only competition Microsoft has in the server market.
>
> [quote]
> Microsoft has a 95% market share on the desktop operating system
> market, and in excess of 70% on the market for work group server
> operating systems. Open source work group server products are
> virtually the only alternative for users and are thus the main
> surviving competitive constraint on Microsoft. More competition
> on this market should offer consumers more innovative products,
> with improved functionality at better prices. For that reason, it
> is vital to the effectiveness of the 2004 Decision that Microsoft
> also complies by giving access open source developers access to
> the interoperability information.
> [/quote]
>
> At least now it seems that we have at least EU to provide a
> protective eye against abuses
No, Kroes blew it.
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3714211
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