EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decision


	EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decision

tabsey

9-12-2007 7:42 AM

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Could change the face of the computer industry?

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/90fe2948-bcc2-4afe-a537-2d44c9436f9f/87AA0738-8AF1-4705-9438-56F71353EB0C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/eu-antitrust-power-in-balance-on-microsoft-decision/2007/09/11/1189276708313.html" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/eu-antitrust-power-in-balance-on-microsoft-decision/2007/09/11/1189276708313.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theage.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/eu-antitrust-power-in-balance-on-microsoft-decision/2007/09/11/1189276708313.html"><P>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.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/eu-antitrust-power-in-balance-on-microsoft-decision/2007/09/11/1189276708313.html"><P>The decision by the 13-judge Grand Chamber of the Court of First
Instance in Luxembourg will determine whether the European Union's
executive arm ruled properly in 2004 that Microsoft used its
near-monopoly Windows system to push rivals out of the marketplace.
Competitive products must perch on that platform.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/eu-antitrust-power-in-balance-on-microsoft-decision/2007/09/11/1189276708313.html"><P>Companies around the world are waiting for a decision that could
cut into the Commission's power, as it considers antitrust cases
and complaints involving Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, Rambus and
others.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/eu-antitrust-power-in-balance-on-microsoft-decision/2007/09/11/1189276708313.html"><P>"If we lose this one, we're in deep (trouble). It would put in
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