The judge presiding over Microsoft's antitrust case said Tuesday that the company must release details on how different parts of Windows work together, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.
Google "is perhaps the most notable example of how open and competitive the software industry has become," with "prospects ... so bright that the capital markets value the company at approximately US$231.5 billion, making it the fifth most valuable company in America". Or so says Microsoft.
Besides the 5,000 leaders, politicians, media and delegates expected to roll in to Sydney for the APEC 2007 Leaders' Summit in September, the APEC Taskforce will be literally bringing in its own IT infrastructure.
The deputy general counsel for Microsoft says they have learned their lessons on dealing with the US government in antitrust matters. Now he has some advice for Google on the same subject.
Google's last minute antitrust complaint surrounding Windows Vista desktop seach was rejected by a US federal judge on Tuesday.
While there will likely be more litigation from competitors seeking to sanction Microsoft in some way, columnist Tim Landgrave explains why the recent US federal ruling bodes well for both Microsoft, and more importantly, the public consumer sector.
The climax to the Microsoft remedy trial--Bill Gates' testimony--has come and gone and it's a fair time to analyse where things stand and to imagine what the software industry will look like post-judgment.
A federal judge has told Microsoft it must disclose portions of the Windows source code, including XP and XP Embedded, to nine litigating states and the District of Columbia.
Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 without the company's version of Java, complying with a court order that was stayed just hours later.
In terms of a legal conduct remedy for Microsoft, Larry Seltzer thinks that giving a judge the power to control an OS would be like asking software engineers to write laws.
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