Groklaw article: Microsoft, antitrust and innovation

[Alex Hudson]

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 11:58 +0100, Ben wrote:
> Where is the documentation that Microsoft was forced to produce regarding
> client/server interoperability (i.e. CIFS)? This was one of the main planks
> of the original judgement, but I've been unable to get it, either from
> google, or by sending various emails to the EU and Microsoft. Is it easy to
> get hold of or have they put up hurdles? Is it even much use?

        "On 1 March 2007 the Commission, by means of a Statement of
        Objections, warned Microsoft of further penalties (of up to €3
        milion per day) over its unreasonable pricing of the
        interoperability information (IP/07/269). Microsoft replied to
        the Statement of Objections on 23 April 2007. The Commission is
        currently assessing the reasonableness of Microsoft remuneration
        schemes for the interoperability information."

<http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/antitrust/cases/microsoft/implementation.html>

IP/07/289 is worded very hopefully, but I wouldn't expect the useful
docs to be usable.

Cheers,

Alex.