EU antitrust ruling renews hope for developers
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InfoWorld - Microsoft&#39;s defeat in a European appeals court&#160;Monday has left open-source developers hopeful about the future although still dissatisfied with the company&#39;s compliance with a 3-year-old antitrust ruling.
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A ruling against the European Commission in the Microsoft antitrust case could affect its ability to regulate competition.
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This morning's ruling from the European Court of First Instance dissects both Microsoft's and the European Commission's arguments with logical, plain-spoken precision. It makes the point that Microsoft doesn't get to decide what "interoperability," "bundling," and "evolution" mean. But neither does the EC.
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It concerns the European Commission ruling against Microsoft in March this year. Brussels found Microsoft guilty of breaking European Union antitrust law by abusing a dominant position in the market for PC operating systems.
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Software giant Microsoft Corp. hopes an impending court ruling on its five-year antitrust battle with the European Union will bring both sides back to the negotiating table, but EU regulators still balk at resuming direct negotiations, officials said Thursday.
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The Penguin is missing, while Apple's gone to Hollywood Comment For all but three of the past 17 years, Microsoft has been involved in antitrust litigation with government agencies. That's enough to wear anyone down. But as Europe's highest appeals court delivered its judgement on Monday, I did notice some ennui - not from dogged old hacks, but from a new generation of pundits.â¦
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In upholding Europe's landmark antitrust decision, a high-level court foresees a "significant drop" in market share. But what of Vista?
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When a European court hands down its  landmark Microsoft  antitrust decision next Monday, at  stake will be nothing less than the power of the European  Commission to regulate the high-tech industry.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The future of controversial European Union legislation that would allow for some software patents was in doubt Thursday after the Polish government switched sides, saying the directive could hurt small and medium-sized businesses.
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Microsoft Corp.&#39;s settlements with long-time opponents Novell Inc. and the Computer &amp; Communications Industry Association won&#39;t end the software maker&#39;s antitrust woes in Europe.
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Microsoft Corp. goes into round two Friday of its battle to get the European Union&#39;s sweeping antitrust ruling lifted having told a judge that it had been prepared during settlement talks to share more software
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - A court ruling this week gives European Union's trustbusters the upper hand in their long battle with Microsoft Corp.
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The European Commission won an appeals court challenge from MicrosoftÂ on Monday, but its 2004 antitrust decision has done little to change the competitive landscape for media players in Europe.
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Microsoft has lost on all key points in its competition dispute with the European Commission - but what is the impact of the ruling?
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Would a European Commission decision cause the software maker "great harm"?
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Microsoft has dropped two outstanding appeals of European antitrust rulings, following the deal struck with the European Commission at the beginning of this week, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
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The judge deciding whether to uphold or suspend the European Union's landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. prefers encouraging parties to find a "third way" outside of litigation &#151; partly because that's the way things are often done back in his home country of Denmark.