Microsoft is obliged to comply with the remedies which were imposed in the commission’s 2004 decision, nothing more nothing less. We are not moving the goalposts as has been suggested, we are not changing our...

The only plan professor Barrett has presented was in January, when he proposed that he work with Microsoft engineers to improve the documentation.

It’s not the kind of normal thing we do, but we have done so because Microsoft is alleging the trustee acted in an inappropriate manner in terms of contacting other companies. We wanted to make...

We have no reason to believe that they will not make final offer before midnight. We have no reason to believe that Microsoft will not respect the decision made in 2004.

The hearing officer maintained her position that the correspondence is internal and in principle irrelevant for the purposes of Microsoft’s rights of defense.

However, technical support is only helpful once the documentation has reached a certain quality standard … the Commission’s preliminary view is that the technical documentation still does not comply with the requirements of the decision.

We have not yet agreed (on) the trustee with Microsoft.

The Commission welcomes the ruling and will have a more detailed statement at midday.

We are carefully analyzing (Microsoft’s) reply and after they have had the opportunity to present their arguments at the oral hearing we will decide whether or not to impose a daily fine.

It wants to launch another product without having to worry about the [European] Commission instituting various actions under antitrust law. The commission’s concern is that computer manufacturers or consumers might be prevented from having a...

It would be no good if one broadcaster claimed 99% and the other only 1% of the matches.

It’s not comparable to a seller on the high street where the customer has a choice of supply. It’s a company with a dominant market position. The commission has found Microsoft to be abusing that...

He is an advisor, he doesn’t make plans.

[We would hope to have a decision] before summer holidays, … European institutions tend to knock off the month of August.

We are going to follow the situation very attentively.

The commission expects Microsoft to respect the principles established by the March 2004 decision when designing and implementing Vista.

The investigation is in the early stages.

We are of the opinion that Microsoft is not in compliance. We are still expecting a reply to our statement of objections.

It is one year since the Court of First Instance confirmed Microsoft had to comply with the March 2004 decision. The Commission regrets Microsoft has failed to do so. We would prefer Microsoft to comply...

If the Commission is not satisfied with the Polish authorities’ response, it would have the possibility of adopting a formal decision declaring that Poland was in breach of Article 21 of the merger regulations.

We will look at the Polish response carefully.

I can confirm the Commission is due to consider sending a letter to Poland warning Poland the Commission considers that they may be in breach of Article 21 of the merger regulations, which gives the...

It’s the quality and not the quantity that counts. You can give half-a-million pages, but if it’s not the right information for competitors to be able to make compatible work group server products then it...

We welcome in particular the fact that the court confirmed that discriminatory pricing agreements for domestic sales and exports to the detriment of consumers in other member states are an illegal, restrictive business practice.

Car prices have increased less than the price of inflation.

The commission will remain determined to ensure full compliance with the March 2004 decision. The commission is obliged under treaty rules to ensure the proper application of the competition law to the benefit of consumers...

They have made a request, which is currently under consideration, and we will make a decision before the 25th.

The Commission has not been told about this offer by Microsoft. The only information we have is what they have given to the press.

Several companies have expressed their concerns to the Commission concerning Microsoft’s Vista operating system.

Microsoft has to comply with the March 2004 decision, not with their interpretation of the March 2004 decision.

Professor Barrett is a leading and well-respected computer expert whose name was suggested to the Commission by Microsoft .

The Commission would like nothing better than to put outstanding issues with Microsoft behind us.

If they do not share our point of view, they are of course free to go back to the court if they want to.

We can only begin our analysis once we have received the details in writing and so far all we have received is the press release.

It is part of the trustee’s mandate to have these contacts.

It would be premature to conclude that offering access to source codes would necessarily resolve the problem of compliance.

They are not the judge. We are the judge,

Microsoft is not disclosing complete and accurate interface information to allow non-Microsoft workgroup servers to receive full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers.

It will be at least several weeks because it’s a complicated matter and we will have to digest very carefully the information that we obtain from the hearings and the information that we have obtained...

The monitor is an adviser to the European Commission and does not make proposals.

It is now one year since the Court of First Instance confirmed that Microsoft had to comply with the remedies imposed by the March 2004 decision.

As a result of our investigation and our contact with the two companies, they have now amended their practices so that consumers will now be able to buy other brands of cars from dealerships that...

We have 25 working days to decide whether we think there may be some negative impact on effective competition or not.

We have confirmed the deadline of February 15 on the basis that nearly eight weeks should be sufficient for Microsoft to reply to a comparatively short statement of objections.

Member states cannot intervene on competition grounds on mergers of European dimension.

It will be at least several weeks.

I can confirm that the European Commission has received the complaints and will examine them carefully.

The role of the European Commission is to ensure proper application of EU competition rules to benefit consumers and companies in Europe, not for the benefit of one company.

The onus is on Microsoft to explain, in its reply to the statement of objections today, precisely why and how making the source code available would bring it into compliance with the remedy.

Fines are not the ideal outcome.