EC vows to pursue Microsoft for abusing its position
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The European Commission (EC), which fined Microsoft a record 497 million euros (US$625.50 million) this year for abusing its dominant position, on Monday vowed to continue pursuing the US software group through the courts for anti-competitive behavior.
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Microsoft Corp.  filed revised  documents with the European Commission on Thursday aimed at  complying with a landmark antitrust decision from 2004, the  European Commission said.
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LUXEMBOURG  - Microsoft Corp. said Friday that small companies and their customers would suffer most if it is forced to remove its digital media software from Windows, while the European Union accused it of being paternalistic in trying to decide what is best for everyone.
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The European Commission warns that Microsoft could face further fines for failing to comply with its anti-trust rulings.
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LUXEMBOURG Microsoft warned a European appeals court on Thursday that software developers and consumers would face dire consequences should legal sanctions intended to hinder its ability to dominate the markets for desktop media players and server
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The long-running dispute between Microsoft and the European Union is set to be decided on Monday.
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A European Court judge pressed Microsoft on Thursday to explain why it would suffer irreparable harm if it followed EU orders to share technology with competitors.
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A European Union court will rule Sept. 17 on Microsoft's challenge to an order that that imposed hundreds of millions of dollars of fines on the world's biggest software company for what the regulators said was anti-competitive activity, the court said Tuesday.
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Microsoft, seeking to stave off legal sanctions aimed at hindering its ability to dominate markets for desktop media players and server software, warned a European appeals court on Thursday that software developers and consumers would face dire
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The European Commission, fresh from a major court victory over Microsoft, launched new antitrust investigations into the software giant on Monday, on suspicion it abused its market dominance.
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Microsoft will be ready to comply with European Commission demands for changes to its Windows operating systems if a European court does not suspend the antitrust remedy, a company spokesman said today.
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The BBC is threatened with a complaint to the EC over use of Microsoft software in its iPlayer.
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Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the European Union, accusing it of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer Web browser to Windows, the Norwegian company said Thursday.The complaint, which was filed with the European Commission on Wednesday, says Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the desktop PC market by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of Windows, and hindering interoperability by not following accepted standards with IE.Opera is asking the Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows, or include other browsers as a standard part of its operating system. It also wants it to require Microsoft to adhere to industry standards with its Web browser.The issue of standards is seen as important because if all Web browsers do not use the same standards, Web site developers are likely to design their Web sites to work with the most widely-used browser, which is Internet Explorer. That gives people a disincentive to use other browsers.Microsoft&#39;s spokesman in Brussels did not immediately have a comment on the lawsuit. The company has argued in the past that consumers benefit from its tight integration of IE and Windows.Opera said it filed the complaint on behalf of all consumers who are tired of having a monopolist make choices for them.The Commission is expected to comment at its daily midday briefing Thursday.The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), a Brussels-based trade group that counts Opera among its members, said it strongly endorses Opera&#39;s move.&quot;By tying its Internet Explorer product to its monopoly Windows operating system and refusing to faithfully implement industry accepted open standards, Microsoft deprives consumers of a real choice in internet browsers. Browsers are the gateway to the internet. Microsoft seeks to control this gateway,&quot; said Thomas Vinje, speaking for ECIS.Opera&#39;s complaint signals a potentially new front in&#160;Microsoft&#39;s long-running battle with the European authorities, and comes three months after the Court of First Instance (CFI) -- Europe&#39;s second highest court --&#160;threw out Microsoft&#39;s appeal of a 2004 European Commission antitrust ruling against it.The CFI endorsed the Commission&#39;s finding that Microsoft had illegally bundled its media playing software, Media Player, into Windows, exploiting its monopoly in the desktop operating system market to gain influence in the market for desktop media player software.Opera&#39;s complaint against the bundling of IE into Windows uses the same legal argument.However, the Commission&#39;s remedy against Microsoft&#39;s bundling has proved useless, which may weaken the value of the 2004 ruling as a legal precedent.The Commission ordered Microsoft to sell a second version of Windows that has Media Player stripped out. Microsoft christened the second version Edition N, and put it on the market in 2005, at the same price as the fully bundled Windows. Not surprisingly, no one bought it.&#160;
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The European Court of First Instance is slated to issue its ruling on Microsoft&#39;s appeal of antitrust penalties Wednesday, a person familiar with the EU&#39;s schedule told internetnews.
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Microsoft is looking for additional European-based firms to file challenges against the European Union&#39;s US$600 million ruling against the software giant.
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The European Commission says it will go forward with its antitrust case against Microsoft, despite the software giant&#39;s recent settlements, which led to Novell and the Computer and Communications
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Microsoft was expected to show up at a closed-door hearing before Europe&#39;s Court of First Instance in Luxembourg today to push for suspension of an order requiring