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This 6 page paper discusses the antitrust case Microsoft v. Commission of the European Communities. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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in a decision against the software giant, ordering it to cease putting its Media Player in its Windows operating system; also ordering it to make its software protocols available to
competitors; and fining the corporation . This paper explores some of the issues surrounding this complex case. Discussion The basic facts of the case are these: Microsoft has been offering
its Windows operating system, which is ubiquitous world-wide, with its own Windows Media Player already installed (Q&A: Europe v Microsoft, 2004). The European Commission objected to this practice, saying that
it "was abusing the market domination created by its Windows operating system" (Q&A: Europe v. Microsoft, 2004). When it sells Windows with the media player already part of the system,
it gives itself "a potential advantage in this market too" (Q&A: Europe v. Microsoft, 2004). The Court has ordered that Microsoft sell the system in Europe without Media Player as
part of it (Q&A Europe v. Microsoft, 2004). By prohibiting Microsoft from putting Media Player in its systems, the Commission hopes to open up the European market to Microsofts rivals
who will then "promote their players to users, who would also become more likely to buy them" (Q&A: Europe v. Microsoft, 2004). Microsoft of course balked at this, and
is even more concerned by the decision that "it must share closely-guarded details of how its operating system works, so rivals can better develop their software to run as seamlessly
as possible on Windows systems" (Q&A: Europe v. Microsoft, 2004). Windows is of course the number one operating system in the world by a vast margin, and if competitors are
to have any hope of selling their products, they have to be compatible with it. This is the demand the Commission made: that Microsoft "open up details of its operating
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