EU To Press Ahead With Antitrust Action Against Microsoft
Despite the announcement on Monday that Microsoft has reached a settlement
with Novell Inc. and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, causing
them to withdraw from the antitrust case that has been brought against the software
giant by the European Union, it has emerged that the EC intends to push on with
the action regardless. Microsoft has requested the staying of record sanctions until the appeals process
has been concluded, and this is currently being considered by the Court of First
Instance in Luxembourg, with a verdict expected in the next few months. However
observers suggest that the overall appeal may not be concluded much before 2008-09. Although RealNetworks Inc. is now the only major representative of the computing
industry backing the EU's campaign, Amelia Torres, spokeswoman for Competition
Commissioner Mario Monti announced that Novell and the CCIA's decision "changed
nothing". "Antitrust enforcement by the Commission does not depend on complaints
by individual parties, but is geared towards protecting the interests of consumers,"
she added. .
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