1. Europe's Case On Microsoft May Be Too Late.
- Author
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Mitchener, Brandon and Tam, Pui-Wing
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COMPUTER software industry , *ANTITRUST investigations , *COMPUTER software , *COMPUTER industry , *COMPUTER users , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) ,COMPETITION - Abstract
Examines the antitrust case involving Microsoft Corp. in Europe, focusing on the market for digital media-player software. Claims of European regulators regarding Microsoft's presence in the desktop software market and competition within the software industry; Number of device manufacturers and software companies that run software using Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA) as a standard; Comments from Mark Mulligan, senior analyst at Jupiter Research, regarding the computers users' preference for ease in computing.
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- 2003