Mozilla joins antitrust case against Microsoft
The European Commission allowed Mozille to join the antitrust case against Microsoft.
About a month ago, the commission admitted that Microsoft was violating free competition in the browser market.
Mitchell Baker (chairman of Mozilla) noted that there is not the slightest doubt that Microsoft is undermining competition, hinders innovation, and of course reduces the ability of users to choose.
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Mozilla is accepted as being called a “third party”, and this allows the company to bring arguments to European inspectors, opens access to a private ruling sent to Microsoft about a month ago and participate in face-to-face hearing if the respondent so requests.
However, Mozilla is not a plaintiff in the case. The key role is still played by Opera, which sent a complaint to the European Commission about a year ago.
The complaint consists of two points.
The first is that Microsoft is a monopolist in the field of operating systems ( about 90%), and the company uses its position to become a monopolist in another sphere. Opera asks the European Commission to prohibit the delivery of IE in conjunction with Windows OS.
The second is that the company slows down the development and introduction of innovations. Microsoft must follow standards.
Opera does not talk about how the browser should be delivered. But there are suggestions for OEM assemblers to do this - they already install operating systems (after all, the modern BIOS does not contain a browser for booting the OS through the Internet), a browser can be added to them
Google and the apple company were not available to immediately comment on whether they were going to join the cause.
via pcworld
About a month ago, the commission admitted that Microsoft was violating free competition in the browser market.
Mitchell Baker (chairman of Mozilla) noted that there is not the slightest doubt that Microsoft is undermining competition, hinders innovation, and of course reduces the ability of users to choose.
')
Mozilla is accepted as being called a “third party”, and this allows the company to bring arguments to European inspectors, opens access to a private ruling sent to Microsoft about a month ago and participate in face-to-face hearing if the respondent so requests.
However, Mozilla is not a plaintiff in the case. The key role is still played by Opera, which sent a complaint to the European Commission about a year ago.
The complaint consists of two points.
The first is that Microsoft is a monopolist in the field of operating systems ( about 90%), and the company uses its position to become a monopolist in another sphere. Opera asks the European Commission to prohibit the delivery of IE in conjunction with Windows OS.
The second is that the company slows down the development and introduction of innovations. Microsoft must follow standards.
Opera does not talk about how the browser should be delivered. But there are suggestions for OEM assemblers to do this - they already install operating systems (after all, the modern BIOS does not contain a browser for booting the OS through the Internet), a browser can be added to them
Google and the apple company were not available to immediately comment on whether they were going to join the cause.
via pcworld
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/51540/
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