A BBC blogger reports that Microsoft has filed an antitrust complaint against Google in the EU. It's an informative article, but it doesn't get all its facts right. It claims that this is Microsoft's first antitrust filing against Google, which is not correct. In fact, I reported on antitrust filings by Microsoft against Google in…
One of the comments on the antitrust complaint against Microsoft I see a lot is: "So what if most people are using IE and aren't aware that there are choices? I'm using Opera/Firefox/Chrome just fine." Sometimes we may feel that something doesn't really affect us. But does IE's dominance on the Web affect us even…
One of the most frequent questions I see about the Microsoft antitrust case in the EU is why Microsoft should have to include competing products in Windows. Is poor Microsoft being hunted by the evil EU with its silly laws that ensure competition in a free market? …
One of the most puzzling comments I see out there when reading about the EU antitrust case is when someone claims that there is some sinister conspiracy behind the whole thing. They are saying that Microsoft is actually innocent, and that Opera and the EU got together to squeeze some money out of Microsoft. They…
Wow, I have clearly missed a lot while on vacation for a couple of weeks! Not only did we lauch the beta of Opera 10 and Opera Mobile 9.7, but there are other developmens such as Opera reinventing the Web, and of course Microsoft is up to its regular tricks. …
Microsoft has decided to cancel a hearing it requested in the current EU antitrust case. According to Microsoft's Dave Heiner, this is because the dates of the hearing coincided with the "International Competition Network" competition law meeting, meaning that "many of the most influential Commission and national competition officials with the greatest interest in our…
The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), has joined Opera's antitrust complaint against Microsoft. ECIS members include IBM, Sun, Nokia, Adobe, Oracle, and others. Opera is also a member of ECIS …
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