Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
hearing internal irrelevant maintained officer position principle rights
The hearing officer maintained her position that the correspondence is internal and in principle irrelevant for the purposes of Microsoft's rights of defense.
department failing justice microsoft provide requisite technical
The Department of Justice is also stating that Microsoft is failing to provide requisite technical information.
changing comply march microsoft request simply
The goalposts have not moved... We are not making new and changing demands. We simply request that Microsoft comply with what is in the March 2004 decision... Nothing more, nothing less.
compliance continue ensure march total work
the EC will continue to work to ensure Microsoft's total compliance with the March 2004 decision.
clarify doubts hanging interest issues legality possible soon
It is in Microsoft's own interest to clarify these issues as soon as possible so as not to have any doubts about the legality of Vista hanging in the air.
choice commission company comparable customer dominant failing found high information market microsoft position seller street technical
It's not comparable to a seller on the high street where the customer has a choice of supply. It's a company with a dominant market position. The commission has found Microsoft to be abusing that dominant market position by failing to make its technical information available.
assess cases clarify dealing further intend introduce light major rather shift useful
It's not as if we intend to introduce some major shift in approach. It's rather that we will assess in 2007 whether, in light of the cases that we've been dealing with, it would be useful to further clarify the principles.
cannot competition european intervene member mergers states
Member states cannot intervene on competition grounds on mergers of European dimension.