Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Oct 2007 08:00 UTC, submitted by Reodjoik
While Red Hat welcomed Microsoft's recent decision to comply with the European Court of First Instance's antitrust ruling, Michael Cunningham, general counsel for Red Hat, stated that the company was still concerned about Microsoft's patent model. "We are reviewing the European Commission's announcement in the Microsoft abuse case and congratulate the Commission on the improvements announced," Cunningham said in a statement. "Our enthusiasm is somewhat tempered, however, by concerns that the patent arrangements may have not been made compatible with open-source licensing, especially given the pro-competitive effects to consumers of the open-source model."
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2006-04-26
It's almost like the EU took a page out of the US antitrust ruling. The language is worded in such a way that the one major competitor of MS (Open Source software) cannot benefit from it. Microsoft's lawyers must be cheering.
That the EU would accept this is very strange to me. It's akin to the US remedy where MS had to provide free vouchers for MS software. It isn't a punishment in any way. After all this time, effort, and money, MS can still go on its merry way like there was never a ruling in the first place. It's astounding.