EU fires broadside at Microsoft and Apple
The EU’s competition commissioner has attacked both Microsoft and Apple during a speech on open standards.
Neelie Kroes kicked off her speech by lamenting the fact that Microsoft required constant regulatory supervision.
“If markets are not delivering as they should, then I want to understand the problems, and find solutions,” she said. “That may mean enforcement, advocacy, or specific Commission or national government policy initiatives. In technology markets, I think it means all three.
“We all know that the Commission has found competition problems in at least some technology markets. The Commission has never before had to issue two periodic penalty payments in a competition case… and there are other cases of alleged unlawful conduct pending,” she said in a clear reference to Microsoft.
