Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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Microsoft has to comply with the March 2004 decision, not with their interpretation of the March 2004 decision.
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Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies which were imposed in the commission's 2004 decision, nothing more nothing less. We are not moving the goalposts as has been suggested, we are not changing our demands.
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Let me be clear, the Commission's position is that Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies imposed by the Commission's March 2004 decision, nothing more, nothing less. We are not moving goal posts, we are not changing our demands.
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We would have preferred obviously that Microsoft complied quickly as they indicated this time last year that they would. I would like to stress that we expect of course Microsoft to comply with the March 2004 decision and not with their own interpretation of the March 2004 decision.
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It is now one year since the Court of First Instance confirmed that Microsoft had to comply with the remedies imposed by the March 2004 decision.
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It is one year since the Court of First Instance confirmed Microsoft had to comply with the March 2004 decision. The Commission regrets Microsoft has failed to do so. We would prefer Microsoft to comply with the March 2004 decision, and not with their interpretation of that decision.
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However, technical support is only helpful once the documentation has reached a certain quality standard ... the Commission's preliminary view is that the technical documentation still does not comply with the requirements of the decision.
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The goalposts have not moved... We are not making new and changing demands. We simply request that Microsoft comply with what is in the March 2004 decision... Nothing more, nothing less.
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We will take into account what was said at the hearing and the documents submitted before we make a decision. It will take several weeks.
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We are carefully analyzing (Microsoft's) reply and after they have had the opportunity to present their arguments at the oral hearing we will decide whether or not to impose a daily fine.
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We think he will be a truly independent adviser.
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The role of the European Commission is to ensure proper application of EU competition rules to benefit consumers and companies in Europe, not for the benefit of one company.
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It would be no good if one broadcaster claimed 99% and the other only 1% of the matches.
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It would be premature to conclude that offering access to source codes would necessarily resolve the problem of compliance.