A long running case
pending against Microsoft at
European Union court has
gone against Microsoft. The
European Competition
Commissioner
Mario Monti had ruled that
Microsoft has failed to
provide a fair and common
platform for competition in
the market for Server
Software by offering Windows
Media Player with the
operating system, this
stifling the competition.
The court has also fined
Microsoft a mind boggling
$613 million.
Microsoft is now given 120 days to provide information that it
allows other Server makers
to compete fairly and it has
90 days to remove the
Windows Media Player from
its Windows Operating
system.
Microsoft is planning to appeal against this judgment at European
court of first instance. But
analysts say that it is
highly unlikely that the
case will go in Microsoft's
favor.
A lot of supporting and opposing opinions have been voiced after
this judgment. The US
department of justice has
issued a statement saying,
the previous case with it
had enough to make Microsoft
change its business
practices substantially.
Others say that forcing the removal of the Windows Media Player may
have some unintended
consequences in the area of
competition. The people in
the opposite side of
Microsoft had favored the
judgment with a vociferous
note.
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