ECIS Calls for Halt to Anti-Competitive Microsoft Practices
Brussels, 22 February : The European Committee for Interoperable Systems, a broadbased information and communications technologies (ICT) industry association founded in 1989, today filed a complaint with the European Commission against a range of Microsoft business practices that threaten to deny enterprises and individual consumers real choice among competing software products. The ECIS complaint asks […]
Microsoft: last chance to comply with European commission anti-trust ruling
Brussels, 15 February : ECIS today confirmed its full support for the European Commission’s determination to compel Microsoft to comply with its Decision of March 2004. “The record to date is very clear. So far, Microsoft has left the Commission no choice but to pursue the prescribed process for non-compliance,” said Simon Awde, ECIS Chairman. […]
ECIS: Microsoft source code offer tries to duck competition concerns
As indicated by the European Commission on 23 December, Microsoft has to date failed to meet its obligations to provide information essential for developers wishing to develop complementary or competing products which interoperate with Microsoft’s dominant server and client PC operating systems. ECIS has taken note of Microsoft’s offer today to provide limited access to […]
ECIS comments on the Real’s settlement with Microsoft
ECIS has noted the settlement between RealNetworks and Microsoft. This settlement must not result in the closure of the EU case. The Commission must, and we expect it will, proceed vigorously with its case against MSFT. Precedent-setting cases such as the EU investigation take time. Since 1999 the market has moved on, and Microsoft has […]
ECIS proposes compromise language for Article 6a of proposed Directive on computer implemented inventions
Interoperability is of crucial importance to preserve choice for European consumers between competing offerings, and to preserve the equality of opportunity that the European IT sector needs to flourish. CII patents are desirable to foster innovation in Europe, but if patents could be used to prevent software vendors from developing new programs that can communicate […]