FYI... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 25, 2007 8:46 PM
Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market. The submission comes after the Commission won a ruling supporting its existing antitrust action against Microsoft in the European Court of First Instance. The Institute argues that cheaper competitors are unable to benefit from their lower cost because consumers have already been forced to buy Windows. Windows' dominant position both has slowed technical improvements and prevented new alternatives entering from the marketplace. Read the paper here : http://www.globalisation.eu/briefings/competition-policy/unbundling-microsoft-windows-200709231241/ -- David Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Legal Reform Assistance Project
