Will Microsoft Appeal the EU Ruling?
The New York Times reports that Microsoft is playing it close to the chest.
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, visiting France to promote innovation, declined to say whether the software maker would contest the ruling to its last level, the European Court of Justice. … Asked by The Associated Press whether Microsoft would appeal, he refused to say. He also declined all comment after his first appointment with Prime Minister Francois Fillon. ”Innovation is a topic that is fraught with many stereotypes and misunderstandings,” he told members of France’s National Assembly. ”It’s only through sustained investment and innovation that companies and countries will become leading engines of economic growth and success,” he said. ”Innovation is about generating ideas and fully exploiting them to drive value or profit.”
The antitrust laws, both in the US and the EU, of course have something to say about “fully exploiting” ideas, at least for those who have a monopoly power.
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