Thomas Vinje
Thomas Vinje
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,
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.
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.
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.
believe commission efficient insist rapid
We believe the commission is right to insist on the rapid and efficient implementation of its antitrust decision.
bound commission defend fact given microsoft private since therefore urges
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.
commission games microsoft playing time
Microsoft has been playing games with the Commission from the beginning, but now it realizes its time is up.
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.
commission strong strongest
The commission has a very strong case, I think the strongest it's ever had.
final forward microsoft problems talked ways
In his final summing up he talked about ways forward by identifying the problems Microsoft must solve. That's not a plan.
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.
achieve disclose evidence full microsoft programs refused word
We have evidence that Microsoft has refused to disclose formatting and other information. Word processing, spreadsheets and presentation programs can't achieve full interoperability with Microsoft Office.
microsoft products pushing whether windows
This is about whether Microsoft can go on bundling products with Windows and pushing out competitors.