Jonathan Todd
Jonathan Todd
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.
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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.
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Member states cannot intervene on competition grounds on mergers of European dimension.
against case commission decision determined ensure european imposed march moment open particular proper remedies
The European Commission is not intending at the moment to open a new case against Microsoft. The Commission is, however, determined to ensure the proper application of the March 2004 decision and in particular the remedies imposed by that decision.
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The Commission would like nothing better than to put outstanding issues with Microsoft behind us.
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It's not necessary for Microsoft to go beyond what we are asking for. It would be quite sufficient for them to do what they are supposed to do in accordance with the decision of March 2004.
He is an advisor, he doesn't make plans.