Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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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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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.
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I can confirm that Microsoft did make a formal request for the hearing to be public and the request was refused by the hearing officer because the procedural regulation explicitly prohibits this.
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The Commission's hearing officer maintained her position that correspondence between the Commission and the trustee and technical experts is internal.
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The commission regulation on procedures in antitrust cases is very explicit. It says oral hearings should not be held in public.
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The hearing officer maintained her position that the correspondence is internal and in principle irrelevant for the purposes of Microsoft's rights of defense.
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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.
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It would be premature to conclude access to the source code would resolve the problem of the lack of compliance with our decision.
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Professor Barrett is a leading and well-respected computer expert whose name was suggested to the Commission by Microsoft .
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We are going to follow the situation very attentively.