Microsoft has announced Thursday that they intend to sell version of Windows 7 without the bundled Internet Explorer browser. The Idea is that PC manufacturers would then be free to bundle whatever browser they like with Windows.
The European Unions however is absolutely not impressed by Microsoft's move. It is clear that...
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So, guess what has been happening in the Novell v. Microsoft antitrust litigation? A battle over deposing Bill Gates.
Read more »Free Software Foundation Europe today announces that it will support the European Commission's antitrust investigation against Microsoft and to this effect it has formally requested to be admitted as an interested third party.
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There has been criticism against the European Commission for pursuing abusive behaviour by Microsoft, and against Mozilla for wanting a fair chance to compete against Microsoft. The blog post explains why the Commission is doing the right thing to take antitrust violation seriously, and why the Free Software community should support this case.
Read more »Insight into antitrust archives (Comes, 2007) shows Microsoft's predatory treatment of "alien" operating systems
Read more »Free Software Foundation Europe welcomes the European Commission's decision and offers its support in the coming anti-trust investigation. As stated previously in a letter to the European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, anti-competitive behaviour is unacceptable, whether it occurs as 'tying' products with dominant market segments, or in circumventing standards and fair access.
Read more »"Following its investigation of Opera Software ASA’s antitrust complaint, the European Commission confirmed today that it sent Microsoft a Statement of Objections yesterday, accusing it of illegally tying Internet Explorer to the Windows PC operating system..."
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Antitrust exhibits shows Microsoft's attitude towards competition
Read more »Another antitrust exhibit provides insight into Microsoft's strategies against GNU/Linux
Read more »Another detailed antitrust exhibit about Microsoft's EDGI programme
Read more »Microsoft's chart for EDGI, the anti-GNU/Linux or Free software annihilation fund
Read more »Microsoft dumps non-Free software on Kerala to block GNU/Linux; more antitrust exhibits unveiled
Read more »Antitrust exhibits show how Microsoft was treating -- internally -- the OLPC threat (with GNU/Linux)
Read more »Microsoft is claimed to have deleted documents that are crucial for competition to be restored
Read more »It appears as though OOXML might be put on the ice for a while longer amid complaints
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