Slow to execute

17 September 2007

The European Commission feels emboldened by its court victory over Microsoft. But it took years of hard work and isn t totally cleancut. Microsoft will face deeper challenges from rivals like Google than regulators.

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The European Court of First Instance has upheld the European Commission's antitrust finding against Microsoft. The European Union's secondhighest court ruled that Microsoft must: pay a $613m fine; sell a version of Windows without its Media Player; and share server communications protocols with rivals.

A market level of much less than 95% (market share) would be a way of measuring success…a significant drop in market share is what we would like to see, said European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

The software group is considering whether to appeal the verdict to the EU Court of Justice.

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