EU antitrust boss wins my pick in '08 Oscar race
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| While U.S. regulators took a powder when the Bush team took over the Justice
| Department, European trustbusters remained aggressive and actually forced
| changes in Microsoft's behavior (or at least got Redmond's braintrust to sign
| off on paper).
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http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9880312-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
European antitrust chief Neelie Kroes is ready to spank
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| "If you flee the rules, you will be caught. And it will cost you dearly,"
| warned Kroes during in press conference Wednesday...
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9881411-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
They still investigate OOXML (ISO abuses). Prepare for more fines....
If Microsoft thinks it's got an EU headache now, just wait
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| And no matter how much Ballmer coos about turning the page and being a good
| corporate citizen, the Old World's regulatory mandarins still distrust
| Microsoft. Take a listen to the recording of Kroes' news conference. At one
| point it sounds as if she's talking about her experience with a used car
| salesman.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9881219-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
He is.
Related:
Why Microsoft Was Wrong
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| There cannot be many businesspeople who doubt that a monopolist can use its
| market power to squash even the most efficient rival producers of goods or
| services that interact with the monopolized product. There cannot be many
| venture capitalists who would invest in a company whose market can at any
| moment fall under the sway of an entrenched neighboring monopolist whose
| behavior was subject to no limits.
|
| What I will do is continue to look hard at the actions of monopolists. I will
| use my practical business experience to help me understand the dynamics of
| markets. I will look for answers that maintain the incentives of everyone on
| the market to innovate, and not just the friendly neighborhood monopolist.
| Power has to be used responsibly, by the enforcement agencies and by the
| monopolists. I will not look for fights, but where interventions will make
| consumers better off, I will not shy away from them.
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http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/kroes/antitrust_eu_us.pdf
Microsoft, antitrust and innovation, by Georg Greve
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| 1st Fallacy: That the Ruling Punishes Innovation
|
| [...]
|
| 2nd Fallacy: That Google, Apple and All Successful Companies Need to Fear
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070923170905803
Microsoft Hard-Balling EU Over Vista
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| "This is part of the negotiating strategy," a person familiar with the
| situation told internetnews.com. "They're in a public relations battle."
|
| Microsoft made the same threat to South Korean regulators, but did not
| follow through when they lost that battle.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3631041
EU reportedly threatening new Microsoft fines
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| Microsoft could face a fine of up to $3.85 million a day it if
| failed to comply, it added. Kroes told the Guardian that she was
| growing tired of waiting for Microsoft to meet her demands.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6135710.html
Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict
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| Microsoft may have lost in court, but it quickly tried to win the war of
| media reaction via organisations like CompTIA, the Computing Technology
| Industry Association and ACT (the Association for Competitive Technology)
| which both intervened in court on its side.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/17/reaction_microsoft_verdict/
Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation
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| It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into
| a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within
| 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were
| pressuring members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations
| (COGO) to remove the words they didn't like from Senate bill 1974.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/16/2019244&from=rss
E.U. investigators want formal charge against Intel: report
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bC96B4158-E6F5-47DB-8164-A9E9141F7C5F%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
EU antitrust experts seek charges vs Intel-source
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| The Commission has been investigating chip-maker Intel for six years
| to see if it acts unfairly to keep its dominance over rival Advanced
| Micro Devices.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070117:MTFH01539_2007-01-17_10-23-02_BRU005303&type=comktNews&rpc=44
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