As ruling looms, Microsoft drowns in documentation
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| Microsoft Corp. is fast becoming engulfed in the technical mapping of its own
| products, even as a judge's decision looms on whether to extend antitrust
| restrictions placed on the company for an additional five years.
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| According to a status report filed by Microsoft on Monday with the U.S.
| District Court for the District of Columbia, the number of outstanding
| technical issues requiring documentation jumped nearly 60% from the end of
| October to the end of November.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/deadline-looms-microsoft-drowns-documentation/story.aspx?guid=%7B9E3CDDCF%2DE9E4%2D4F22%2D8C3B%2D0A37FA1CA0DA%7D&siteid=yhoof
Recent:
Opera files EU antitrust suit against Microsoft
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| Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the European
| Union, accusing it of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer web
| browser to Windows.
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| The complaint, which was filed by the Norwegian firm with the European
| Commission yesterday, says Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the
| desktop PC market by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of
| Windows, and hindering interoperability by not following accepted standards
| with IE.
|
| Opera is asking the Commission, the executive branch of the European Union,
| to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows, or include other browsers as
| a standard part of its operating system. It also wants it to require
| Microsoft to adhere to industry standards with its Web browser.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?newsid=6663
Related:
Will Microsoft follow European open source edict worldwide?
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| The Guangzhou Daily in southern China, near Hong Kong, reports the company
| has not yet agreed to fulfill the conditions of its European agreement in
| China.
|
| [...]
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| China just recently passed an anti-trust law, the paper writes, which is not
| yet in effect, and Microsoft (China) Co. Ltd. did not tell the paper when or
| if it would release the code outside Europe.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1620
Chinese antitrust law said to be imminent
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| Because of their products’ large market shares in China, companies like
| Microsoft, Intel, and Kodak are among those with obvious reason to be
| watching these developments closely.
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http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.com/2007/08/29/chinese-antitrust-law-said-to-be-imminent/
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