A European Union judge will hand down his decision on a key Microsoft Corp. appeal on Wednesday afternoon, the registrar of the EU's Court of First Instance said on Monday. The court will confirm the date in a statement issued later on Monday, according to the registrar. The CFI will make publicly available Judge Bo Vesterdorf's decision on whether to grant Microsoft a reprieve from antitrust penalties imposed earlier this year by the European Competition Commission.

News source: eWeek

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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by figgy on 20 Dec 2004 - 16:44
Me prays for reprieve.
And please don't take away the Media Player from Windows.
My application depends on WMP being availble on the system.
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by noyb on 20 Dec 2004 - 16:56
Just because WMP will not be included in Windows does not mean the end of WMP, in fact with more competition MS will fight tooth and nail to make WMP better so consumers actually choose it based on the quality of the product not on it being included in the OS.

I for one hope that WMP gets removed from at least the OEM channel where competition can really do some good, i have no problem with WMP being included in the retail version.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by werejag on 20 Dec 2004 - 17:05
here to hope that eu has balls and does what usa couldnt. finally show microsoft it needs to be nice.

Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by eilegz on 20 Dec 2004 - 19:52
agree if im microsoft i would sell a strip down version of windows and make it cheaper its a good alternative to linux at least
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by markjensen on 20 Dec 2004 - 21:41
I don't really see how stripping out features from Windows makes it better to compete against Linux.

Sure, it makes it a bit cheaper, but a heck of a lot less functional.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by kirk26 on 20 Dec 2004 - 17:14
Come on Microsoft. Take down the EU.
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by Jugalator on 21 Dec 2004 - 11:21
hehe, maybe they'll just buy them instead?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by ssvegeta384 on 20 Dec 2004 - 20:36
Damn EU being "nice." I wish someone would stop being nice to Bill and show him that he's being an ass with his company.
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