Microsoft gets yet a week of Europe
European commissioner of Competition Neelie Frizz gives Microsoft yet until 23 November the time sufficient details about its Windows-serverprotocollen to give at competitive software business. Do not does Microsoft this, then threatens Europe with new fines. Microsoft reacts that the being best does all asked information to furnish.
“Till on at present has the Commission not the complete documentation receive about the relevant protocols”, according to a communication that the European Commission wednesday morning spread. In March 2004 judged the European Commission that Microsoft abuse had made of its monopoly position.,. The business got a fine, must a version of Windows bring out without Windows Media Player and must data publish about the manner on which Windows-servers with each other communicate. The present controversy turns around that third point, the serverprotocollen. The documentation that released initially became by Microsoft, found the Commission insufficient grade. Then a time line was set up for new, complete documentation. The final deadline ended on 17 July 2006.
Meanwhile the Commission the time has had to study round the documentation that submitted is then. That has apparently till the conclusion led that that documentation still is not enough.
“Microsoft is determined self complete in agreement to bring with the decision of the Commission of March 2004, and we work closely together with the Commission”, according to the short explanation that Microsoft Wednesday released. “We have fast and complete answered on all requirements and ask in connection with the technical documentation since the deadline of July, and have important progress posted. We stand clearly all additional work to do that necessarily am in agreement to be with the decision of the Commission.”
The Commission recognizes that there progress have been posted. Only meanwhile threatens Commissioner of Competition Neelie Frizz source with a fine of almost three million Euros per day that the documentation too late is, if the new deadline of 23 November are missed.
On 12 July 2006, Microsoft got all a fine of two million Euros per day for the missing of an earlier deadline. In an interview with the British paper The Guardian Mug again hard language want to hear: “I am not under the impression when someone me told that I already about 90 per cent can see to, when we 100 per cent necessarily have.”