Thomas Vinje
Thomas Vinje
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There's a striking similarity between Microsoft's efforts to evade compliance with the European decision and its failure to properly comply with the U.S. settlement.
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In other words, exactly what the commission predicted would occur as a result of Microsoft's illegal bundling behavior has occurred: Real has been marginalized, ... The lesson is that the commission is right to have found Microsoft to have engaged in illegal conduct, but that it erred in taking so long to decide the case and in imposing an ineffective remedy.
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Hes very good at pulling rabbits out of hats, but the rabbit disappears in the end.
believe commission efficient insist rapid
We believe the commission is right to insist on the rapid and efficient implementation of its antitrust decision.
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What Microsoft is talking about is freedom for them to innovate, not others.
compliance time
There is no compliance yet and it is about time there was compliance.
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Market developments have validated the Commission's concerns. It is vital that the court confirms the Media Player decision because it provides a legal precedent that could be used to prevent Microsoft continuing its abusive bundling practices in future.
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Microsoft has not given up its exclusionary policies...Indeed any settlement in fact validates the Commission's case. Since the Commission is not bound by any private settlement, ECIS therefore urges the Commission to vigorously defend its 2004 Decision.
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Microsoft has been playing games with the Commission from the beginning, but now it realizes its time is up.
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Microsoft are trying to turn this into an intellectual property case when it's not.
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Microsoft only started mentioning intellectual property rights once it was clear it would lose the case two years ago. It's an after-the-facts strategy and I hope the judge will see it for what it is.
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Microsoft is trying to turn this into an intellectual property case when it's not...This is a case about abuse of a dominant position, about refusing to provide information to vendors.
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Microsoft is repeatedly engaging in clearly illegal, anti-competitive behavior because the benefits of extinguishing competition clearly outweigh the costs.
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Microsoft is perhaps the most powerful company in the world. Companies have legitimate reasons to fear retribution for making their concerns known.