TameBear: Microsoft WatchKeeping an eye on monopoly power in the software industry. A TameBear weblog.(Untitled)- September 17, 2007 Microsoft's Bad Eurotrip: An evenhanded commentary on the European Union's highest court of commercial law puts the smack-down in perspective. Microsoft was (again) found guilty of using it's monopoly operating system to leverage a further monopoly in media players. The European Court of First Instance (ECI) upholds the previous penalty of $600 million agains Microsoft, and requires the company to offer a version of Windows OS without Windows Media Player. So far several thousand consumers have.http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/microsoftWatch/2007/09/17.html#a861 |