Microsoft to request stay of EC ruling
Posted by WishX on 24 June 2004 - 14:55 · 6 comments & 324 views
Microsoft is to ask for a stay of the EC ruling that it must share information with its competitors, pending its appeal. The full appeal process - already filed with the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg - is legally complex and could take as long as five years to complete. A decision on a stay could be made much more quickly, even as early as this year, the FT reports.

The outcome of this latest move by Microsoft will have huge implications for the relationship between Brussels and the software giant. In March this year, the European Commission ordered Microsoft to pay a $600m fine; share interface information with its competitors and offer a version of Windows that does not include its Windows Media Player. If the request for a stay is granted, Microsoft gets a huge amount of breathing space. It will still have to pay the fine, but as was reported at the time, that is small change to Microsoft. Conversely, if the request is denied, the European Commission may be sufficiently emboldened to pursue other legal actions against the company.

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News source: The Register

* : this is a joke, and clearly should not be taken seriously.


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by chacho on 24 Jun 2004 - 16:19
what is a "stay"?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by A1Capone on 24 Jun 2004 - 17:15
Stay, and you get a cookie!!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by S3D on 24 Jun 2004 - 18:36
fuc the EU
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by vetmalebolgia on 24 Jun 2004 - 19:11
One thing I can't understand is how can a foreign lawsuit force Microsoft to share its proprietary information with its competitors regarding its servers?
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by Rambo2000 on 25 Jun 2004 - 14:26
It's all to do with the size of the market, and with the EU being the biggest market and still expanding, that gives them a big say over what other companies can and can't do when selling in there market.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by JLP on 25 Jun 2004 - 07:51
At least EU is smart enough to bring down this dangerous monopoly.
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