Thomas Vinje
Thomas Vinje
anyone available free information interest makers microsoft monopoly ordered reveal situation software sort widely
Most software makers reveal for free the sort of information Microsoft is being ordered to license, because anyone not in a monopoly situation has every interest in making their software as widely available as possible.
abuse case dominant information microsoft property provide refusing trying turn
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.
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.
dollars million opponent pay people solid unless
People don't pay $761 million dollars unless your opponent has a pretty solid case,
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,
money stake
But it's more than money that's at stake during this hearing.
aside code copyright leaving simply source
Leaving aside the copyright issue, the source code is simply not needed.
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 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.
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.