Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Oct 2007 13:43 UTC, submitted by PLan
Microsoft ended three years of resistance on Monday and finally agreed to comply with a landmark 2004 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The defeated software giant announced it would not appeal against a decisive European Union court ruling two months ago that backed the Commission.
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RE[2]: Don't trust Balmer as far as I can throw a chair.
by DrillSgt on Mon 22nd Oct 2007 22:41
in reply to "RE: Don't trust Balmer as far as I can throw a chair."
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Another story I read said that this agreement was reached after a late night phone call between Kroes and Balmer. That's hard to imagine.
From the Grauniad:
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2196951,00.html?gusrc=rss&f...
"The deal that Ms Kroes refused to call a settlement began with a dinner for Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, in a restaurant near her home in The Hague straight after the CFI judgment. Negotiations that continued almost daily ended today. Under the deal Microsoft has agreed that open source software developers for the rival Linux operating system, seen by the EU as its sole rival in a market it dominates by 80%, will be able to access and use the "complete and accurate" interoperability information."
How many broken chairs in Monkey boy's hotel room after that dinner out?
Edited 2007-10-22 18:37