Thomas Vinje
Thomas Vinje
against attention case commission comply divert entirely extremely failure microsoft public relations strong
It's merely, entirely and completely a public relations ploy to try to divert attention from the extremely strong case the commission has against Microsoft for failure to comply with the commission's decision.
clear fully solid
Its very clear that there has to be solid documentation in place...The specs have to be fully documented.
against appeal busy complaint draw fresh microsoft submit tactic time typical
It's a typical Microsoft tactic to draw things out as much as possible, and in a way it's working because E.C.I.S. is so busy working on the appeal that it hasn't had time to submit a fresh complaint against Microsoft.
allow commission decision
The credibility of the Commission is at stake, and the meaningfulness of the decision is at stake, so I don't think the Commission is going to allow delay.
compliance comply decision efforts european failure properly similarity striking
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.
against case closure commission eu expect proceed result
Any such settlement should not result in the closure of the EU (Microsoft) case. The Commission should, and we expect it will, proceed vigorously with its case against Microsoft,
microsoft products pushing whether windows
This is about whether Microsoft can go on bundling products with Windows and pushing out competitors.
freedom microsoft talking
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.
continuing court decision legal market media microsoft player practices precedent prevent provides validated vital
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.
code dump engineers finding lines looking millions needle software
They would dump millions of lines of code and finding what competitors need to interoperate would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even the most sophisticated software engineers would be lost.
complete evidence provided record
The settlement strengthens the Commission's case. Real has already provided evidence for the case, and that record is complete and in Luxembourg.
behavior case commission decide engaged exactly found illegal imposing lesson microsoft occur predicted result taking
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.
careful commission eight extremely follow last legal point rule
For the last eight years, the commission has been extremely careful to follow every procedural rule to the letter. From a legal point of view, everything I know indicates the commission has been very correct.