Microsoft - don't you see that this is cheating?

Microsoft - don't you see that this is cheating?
......................
"Microsoft responded by waiving its right to a hearing on the matter and
asked for a better idea what the Commission considers a reasonable price for
the company to charge."
What about the same prices as the USA customer is paying? What's wrong with
that?
.........................
Microsoft to EC: define 'unreasonable'
Seeks numerical value of reason for royalties
By Austin Modine in Mountain View ? More by this author
Published Monday 23rd April 2007 22:51 GMT
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Microsoft just barely beat the clock today, responding to the European
Commission's allegations it overcharges rivals for licensing its Work Group
Server technology.

The EC had given Microsoft until this evening to answer the complaints,
threatening fines as high as $4m a day.

Microsoft responded by waiving its right to a hearing on the matter and
asked for a better idea what the Commission considers a reasonable price for
the company to charge.

"We need greater clarity on what prices the Commission wants us to charge,"
Microsoft general Counsel Brad Smith said in a statement, "and we believe
that is more likely to come from a constructive conversation than from a
formal hearing."

Microsoft was first ordered to make details of its server protocols
available
to rivals after being found guilty of anti-competitive behavior in 2004.
That March, EU's Competition Commission lead by Neelie Kroes of
the Netherlands alleged Microsoft's protocols lacked "significant
innovation,"
making royalty charges Microsoft levies "unreasonable."

According to the Financial Times, a monitoring trustee hired by
the Commission has recommended Microsoft charges royalty payments
of zero to one per cent for licensing. Microsoft, on the other hand, wants
to charge 5.95 per cent.

The Commission had originally given Microsoft until April 3 to respond,
but extended the deadline at Microsoft's request.
The EC will now review Microsoft's response to determine if it will impose
a daily penalty for failing to comply with the 2004 decision. ®

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04..._ec_complaint/

Jdr wrote:

> Microsoft - don't you see that this is cheating?
> .....................
> "Microsoft responded by waiving its right to a hearing on the matter and
> asked for a better idea what the Commission considers a reasonable price
> for
> the company to charge."
> What about the same prices as the USA customer is paying? What's wrong
> with
> that?
> ........................
> Microsoft to EC: define 'unreasonable'
> Seeks numerical value of reason for royalties
> By Austin Modine in Mountain View ? More by this author
> Published Monday 23rd April 2007 22:51 GMT
> Find your perfect job - click here for thousands of tech vacancies
> Microsoft just barely beat the clock today, responding to the European
> Commission's allegations it overcharges rivals for licensing its Work Group
> Server technology.
>
> The EC had given Microsoft until this evening to answer the complaints,
> threatening fines as high as $4m a day.
>
> Microsoft responded by waiving its right to a hearing on the matter and
> asked for a better idea what the Commission considers a reasonable price
> for
> the company to charge.
>
> "We need greater clarity on what prices the Commission wants us to charge,"
> Microsoft general Counsel Brad Smith said in a statement, "and we believe
> that is more likely to come from a constructive conversation than from a
> formal hearing."
>
> Microsoft was first ordered to make details of its server protocols
> available
> to rivals after being found guilty of anti-competitive behavior in 2004.
> That March, EU's Competition Commission lead by Neelie Kroes of
> the Netherlands alleged Microsoft's protocols lacked "significant
> innovation,"
> making royalty charges Microsoft levies "unreasonable."
>
> According to the Financial Times, a monitoring trustee hired by
> the Commission has recommended Microsoft charges royalty payments
> of zero to one per cent for licensing. Microsoft, on the other hand, wants
> to charge 5.95 per cent.
>
> The Commission had originally given Microsoft until April 3 to respond,
> but extended the deadline at Microsoft's request.
> The EC will now review Microsoft's response to determine if it will impose
> a daily penalty for failing to comply with the 2004 decision. ®
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04..._ec_complaint/
>
Please refrain from any further postings in this ng from that POS, MS
hating, wannabe english piece of trash, pretending to be an actually
news organization "theregister."
The EU Commission has used mario the little Italian dictator to try and
kill MS Europe for years.
They hate the fact that MS is an American company.
****'em and screw mario the dictator.
And if you don't like it, screw you too!
Frank

"Frank" wrote: "wannabe english piece of trash"

I find that term racially offensive.

Clare

"skipjacktunafish" <skipjacktunafish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:95276F8F-6343-4828-920B-DBAAF840207F@microsoft.com...
> "Frank" wrote: "wannabe english piece of trash"
>
> I find that term racially offensive.
>
> Clare
>

Don't mind him Clare, he just doesn't know any better.

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