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European Union expressed concern that Microsoft's
new Vista operating system -- will be included in
EU's Regulatory seizure of MS codes in its
antitrust rulings. Court says No Letters For
Microsoft
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Microsoft's subpoena against Novell
Inc. "would circumvent and undermine the law of the
European Community concerning how a litigant may
obtain third-party documents," U.S. District Judge
Mark Wolf in Boston wrote. Microsoft must comply
with EU procedures and not seek help in U.S.
courts, Wolf said.
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The company in March asked U.S. courts
to force IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems
Inc. and Novell to disclose the letters, which
Microsoft says show that the EU illegally colluded
with
rivals.
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/ Fourteenth
Week 2006 / SAN FRANCISCO -- April's TVI Magazine's
NBS100 achievement award winner, Bill Gates, as
well as Microsoft, the company he co-founded in the
70s may be slowing
down.
Hong
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And if it is . . . is it because their monetory
success might be cannibalize by the daily fines of
$2.4 million made payable to the European Union in
their antitrust case? It is Microsoft's rivals hope
that MS will have to pay the EU in that daily
amount -- just to teach them a lesson for their
refusal to hand over readable MS operating
codes.
•
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"Two years ago when the ruling was made,
Microsoft's technical documentation still remains
incomplete, inaccurate and unusable," a coalition
of software companies, the European Committee for
Interoperable Systems,
said.
•
•
Spokesman for the TVI Magazine / NBS100 achievement
award panel, stated that, "one of the big reasons
why Bill Gates was awarded this months achievement
was because of his leadership". Gates efforts in
making his executives and run-away licensees
understand the predicament and liability their
putting Microsoft and his name in by their refusal
to obey the antitrust laws of EU and other Asian
nations, is none of his doings, said a close
confidant." SEE
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•Other
than what Gates insists his Microsoft executives
must do to correct the situaltion, his legal team
insists that the company itself has gone beyond its
obligations to comply with the EU's 2004 antitrust
order.
•
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EU spokesman Jonathan Todd
said the company still had not adequately shared
technical information with rivals so that they
could make software compatible with Microsoft's
Windows computer operating system.
•
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When the software giant this
week delayed until January the rollout of a
long-awaited update to Windows, computer users
yawned and financial markets barely
budged.
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But EU Competition
Commissioner Neelie Kroes anticipated the delay
before he wrote to Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive
Steve Ballmer to outline concerns that Vista's new
functions could mean customers would not be offered
a real choice on software packages, EU spokesman
Jonathan Todd said
Wednesday.
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"We're concerned about the
possibility that the next Vista operating system
will include various elements which are currently
available separately either from Microsoft or other
companies," he
said
•
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Todd highlighted Vista's
integrated Internet search, digital rights
management used to protect copyrights and software
that would create document formats comparable to
Adobe's
PDF
•
•
Microsoft lawyer Brad Smith
told reporters that he was "very encouraged" by
professor Neil Barrett's plan and said it was the
most positive step since December, when the company
was threatened with the
fines.
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"It finally gives us the
kind of specificity and clarity that we need …
to move all these issues forward," Smith said after
the final day of
hearings.
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That hearing was the
Redmond, Wash., company's final chance to defend
itself before the EU makes a decision on fines.
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In other developments, a
U.S. District Court in California on Wednesday
quashed an attempt by Microsoft to force Sun
Microsystems Inc. and Oracle Corp. to provide
documents in its battle with the European
Commission
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But judges in New York and
Boston are still considering similar requests
against IBM Corp. and Novell Inc., lawyers for one
of the companies said
•
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A decade ago, Bill Gates
would be handling the PR to explain the present
situation himself, but now it's different, he has
giving orders to abide by the laws put down by
nations outside the U.S. jurisdiction. Buying and
setting up a new PC was a family affair. Now, with
PCs in nearly 75% of homes, "we're at the
refrigerator stage," said Joe Wilcox of
JupiterResearch, explaining that the family PC is
like an appliance that gets used until it
breaks.
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Most businesses and home
users replace their computers about every four
years.
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"Microsoft has a good story
to tell," Wilcox said. "It doesn't always do a good
job telling
it."
•
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Exasperated geeks went
hungry for new features. The company's multitudes
of hardware partners depended on upgrades to move
new machines. Although Vista will remain out of
view until after Christmas, the large computer
makers took the news in stride.
•
•
"Does the operating system
matter? The answer is no," said Jeffrey Tarter,
founder of the industry newsletter Softletter.
"What matters is the Internet. Nobody cares about
how fast your PC is, they care about how fast your
connection
is."
•
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Stung by problems with
earlier Windows upgrades, such as compatibility
problems with key hardware and software and
sieve-like security against viruses and spyware,
businesses have become risk-averse, Tarter said.
Many still use 6-year-old Windows 2000 -- the first
version that was reasonably stable and secure --
because they standardized all their in-house
software applications around its features.
•
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Vista's promised
improvements seem obscure to many users who are
already shifting from PC-based entertainment and
productivity software to online alternatives,
experts said. Microsoft has struggled to find its
footing in a world of Web services that other
companies, such as Google, have quickly
developed.
•
•
Milestones and setbacks on
the road to releasing Microsoft's new operating
system.
•
2001 - October 2: Microsoft
ships Windows XP; the company says it will start
selling its next operating systems, code-named
Longhorn, in
2003•
2002 - April : The company
pushes back the Longhorn launch to "beyond
2003."
•
2004- December: Microsoft
says Longhorn won't be ready until late 2004 or
early
2005.
•
2004 - August: Microsoft
said it would shiip Longhorn in the second half of
2006.•
• 2005
- April: Mr. Gates shows off Longhorn at a
conference, focusing on the look and usability of
the
interface.
• July:
"Windows Vista" name unveiled; Microsoft ships a
beta version to 500,000.
customers.
• March
2006: Microsoft delays consumer shipments of Vista
until January 2007, says a buiness version will be
ready in November 2006.
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