European Commission seeking more evidence in Microsoft antitrust case; could delay ruling

“European Commission investigators are seeking more evidence on whether Microsoft Corp. uses its Windows Media Player software to discriminate against rivals, putting in jeopardy the commission’s deadline of next month for ruling on the 4-year-old antitrust case,” reports Robert McLeod for Bloomberg News. “Regulators in Brussels, Belgium, have sent a 61-question survey to film and music companies to bolster their case that the world’s largest software maker is using Media Player to hamper competing formats such as Apple Computer Inc.’s QuickTime and RealNetworks Inc.’s RealPlayer.”

“Monti could impose tougher conditions on Microsoft than the United States did and fine it as much as 10 percent of annual sales, or $2.8 billion,” McLeod reports.

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6 Comments

  1. The Justice Dept under Janet Reno dropped the ball on the US case, because Reno was running interference trying to keep Bill Clinton’s a*s out of jail. Maybe the EU can do the right thing and slap M$ right between the eyes.

  2. I believe that it was the Justice Dept under Reno was the same one that brought the case againstr MS in the first place. It’s Bush’s gov’t that dropped the ball

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