Microsoft is not disclosing complete and accurate interface information to allow non-Microsoft workgroup servers to receive full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers.
The deadline is midnight (2300 GMT). There is no way of telling if it will arrive at 11:59 (2259 GMT) tonight or earlier. The decision on whether or not we need to impose these daily fines will be taken in light of the information received from Microsoft.
The deadline is midnight. There is no way of telling if it will arrive at 11:59 tonight or earlier. The decision on whether or not we need to impose these daily fines will be taken in light of the information received from Microsoft.
There is also the possibility that we won't have all the necessary technical information so that competitors will be able to make a product that is compatible with Vista.
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 dominant market position by failing to make its technical information available.
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 in writing.
The Commission has not been told about this offer by Microsoft. The only information we have is what they have given to the press.
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 doesn't resolve the compliance issue.
It's all very well to give 12,000 pages -- they could give half a million -- but if it's not the right information for competitors to make Microsoft-compatible workgroup servers it doesn't resolve the compliance with the remedy.
It is part of the obligation of the trustee to proactively make contact with third parties and discuss what information they require to make interoperable products.