= FSFE in Samba case: Microsoft’s defiance backfired =
[Read online: http://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20110525-01.it.html ]
Luxembourg, May 25 – FSFE played a key role at a Microsoft hearing
before the European Union’s General Court on Tuesday, helping explain
the intricacies of Free Software servers.
The hearing was called to consider Microsoft’s challenge to a EUR 899
million fine imposed by the European Commission in 2008. Microsoft had
failed to carry out remedies imposed for its violation of EU antitrust
law. A ruling is expected for later in the year.
Microsoft was required to provide interoperability information that
would enable others to hook up to its products so they could compete
with its workgroup servers. Key among those was the Samba team, which is
the only surviving competitor in the workgroup server market. Only after
a European Union court acted in 2007 to uphold nearly all of the
Commission’s 2004 decision did Microsoft finally meet the Commission’s
requirement to comply. Continua a leggere = FSFE in Samba case: Microsoft’s defiance backfired =