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December 23rd, 2009

ANTITRUST:COMMISSION ACCEPTS MICROSOFT COMMITMENTS 23-12-2009

The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding commitments offered by Microsoft to boost competition on the web browser market.

The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding commitments offered by Microsoft to boost competition on the web browser market. The commitments address Commission concerns that Microsoft may have tied its web browser Internet Explorer to the Windows PC operating system in breach of EU rules on abuse of a dominant market position (Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union -TFEU). Microsoft commits to offer European users of Windows choice among different web browsers and to allow computer manufacturers and users the possibility to turn Internet Explorer off. Microsoft is also publishing today an undertaking whereby it commits to make far-reaching interoperability disclosures.