Microsoft EU Battle Over Large Daily Fine |
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David Lawsky (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:25:29 -0600
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By David Lawsky
Microsoft Corp. formally denied European Commission charges that could
But the European Commission, in an unusual statement, said Microsoft
The Commission also said it is market testing Microsoft's plans to
The Commission had given the U.S. software giant until Wednesday to
The company was supposed to provide rival makers of server software
The Commission said the directions were not workable but the company
MISSED EVIDENCE
"Microsoft has complied fully with the technical documentation
"The Commission has ignored critical evidence in its haste to attack
Microsoft said that when the Commission issued the Statement of
The Commission flatly rejected Microsoft's contention, saying
Microsoft's obligation was to present the Commission in Brussels with
In any event, the Commission said the revised documentation was
Microsoft also exercised its right to an oral hearing that must be
The company said part of the problem was that the Commission
One approach Microsoft took to deal with that was to offer to show its
The Commission said the source code license is being tested with
Even before Microsoft put forward the idea, the trustee had no
The trustee also called Microsoft's documentation "fundamentally
Microsoft responded to that with two reports by professors it employed
In addition, Microsoft said that much work had gone into the
"Hundreds of Microsoft employees and contractors have worked for more
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