Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Microsoft versus the Euopean Union: 9 years later

From The New York Times

"Microsoft Is Yielding in European Antitrust Fight
By STEVE LOHR and KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
Published: October 23, 2007

Microsoft has given up its nine-year fight against antitrust regulators in Europe, saying yesterday that it would not challenge a court judgment from last month and would share technical information with rivals on terms the software giant had long resisted.

European regulators and some software groups in Europe hailed the deal as a breakthrough that should open the door to freer competition, especially in the market for the server software that powers corporate data centers and the Internet."

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