Could there be a law to protect the free choice of operating system?
Vicen Rodriguez
Vicen_Rodriguez at fsfe.org
Tue Mar 26 08:02:39 UTC 2013
Hi Matthias,
Yesterday (25/03/2013), I received a message from Mr. Nicholas Banasevic
(Head of Unit, European Comission, GD Competition) as answer to the
message I sent to Mr. Joaquín Almunia in March 7th. The message from Mr.
Nicholas Banasevic is in Spanish, as the one I sent to Mr. Joaquín
Almunia.
Here is a translation of the message (the translation is made by me and
maybe is not a good translation):
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I appreciate your message of March 7, 2013 in which you reported
that Microsoft would be preventing the installation of other
operating systems in computers having Windows or the selling of
computers without an operating system.
The Commission is aware of this and is following how this issue
is being developed.
I assure you that we are willing to enforce the competition
rules of the EU in a way that ensures that EU competition is not
distorted and that markets operate as efficiently as possible
for the benefit of all European consumers in terms of a wider
range of products and services, lower prices and greater
innovation.
Consumer perceptions like yours are a valuable contribution to
our daily work. If you had knowledge of any other potential
infringement of the competition rules of the EU, please do not
hesitate to inform us.
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Vicen
El jue, 07-03-2013 a las 11:43 +0100, Matthias Kirschner escribió:
> * Vicen Rodriguez <Vicen_Rodriguez at fsfe.org> [2013-03-03 22:14:21 +0100]:
>
> > I think you are right. I'll send a message to Mr. Joaquín Almunia,
> > Vice-President Commissioner for Competition, asking what could we do.
>
> Please keep us updated.
> Matthias
>
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