Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Apr 2006 15:19 UTC, submitted by AdministratorX
"Microsoft and its critics agree that the future of innovation is at stake when the US software giant challenges a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling next week before the European Union's second highest court. But they will take opposite tacks on what that means before a special 13-judge panel of the Court of First Instance, which starts five days of public hearings on Monday."
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2006-03-17
No, they managed to innovate monopolistic take-overs and anti-competitive tactics like nobody's ever seen (I.T. is a relatively new market).
On a more constructive note, the "innovation" claim does fall short from realistic. They may be under the delusion that the "innovation" was performed by end-users working with windows PCs in their daily tasks. Now by their sheer market size and the odds that they have some good lawyers (and can send cash to some corrupt judges), they may be able to pull this one off by the skin of their teeth. But considering almost every modern nation seems to be getting in on the anti-monopoly train, they have so many fronts to defend they may actually one day find themselves (gasp) low on cash!