Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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It's not necessary for Microsoft to go beyond what we are asking for. It would be quite sufficient for them to do what they are supposed to do in accordance with the decision of March 2004.
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It's not necessary for Microsoft to go beyond what we are asking for.
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It's not the kind of normal thing we do, but we have done so because Microsoft is alleging the trustee acted in an inappropriate manner in terms of contacting other companies. We wanted to make crystal clear that he is obligated to be proactive.
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It's the quality and not the quantity that counts. You can give half-a-million pages, but if it's not the right information for competitors to be able to make compatible work group server products then it doesn't resolve the compliance issue.
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It's not as if we intend to introduce some major shift in approach. It's rather that we will assess in 2007 whether, in light of the cases that we've been dealing with, it would be useful to further clarify the principles.
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It will be at least several weeks because it's a complicated matter and we will have to digest very carefully the information that we obtain from the hearings and the information that we have obtained in writing.
They are not the judge. We are the judge,
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It is therefore premature for Microsoft to claim that the Commission has prejudiced their rights of defense.
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It is part of the trustee's mandate to have these contacts.
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It is part of the obligation of the trustee to proactively make contact with third parties and discuss what information they require to make interoperable products.
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It is the commission that decides if Microsoft is in compliance with the ruling, not Microsoft.
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It's all very well to give 12,000 pages -- they could give half a million -- but if it's not the right information for competitors to make Microsoft-compatible workgroup servers it doesn't resolve the compliance with the remedy.
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The onus is on Microsoft to explain, in its reply to the statement of objections today, precisely why and how making the source code available would bring it into compliance with the remedy.
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The only plan professor Barrett has presented was in January, when he proposed that he work with Microsoft engineers to improve the documentation.