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Despite Compliance, Microsoft Not Giving Up the Fight
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it will take immediate steps to provide secret server communications protocols to competitors and to provide a version of Windows without an integrated media player, in compliance with the decision of the European Competition Commission, upheld by the European Union’s Court of First Instance. Nevertheless, the company is keeping its…
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Microsoft Backpedals on Exchange Security Roadmap
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday disclosed that it will not ship—as a separate product—its Exchange Edge Services, a set of e-mail security and anti-spam enhancements for Exchange Server. In May, Microsoft said it would roll out Exchange Edge Services in 2005. The package was expected to provide support for identification standards, such as SPF (Sender Policy Framework),…
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Microsoft to Immediately Comply with EU Remedies
A European Union judge has denied Microsoft Corp. a reprieve from the antitrust penalties imposed by the European Commission in March—a serious blow to Microsoft’s case. Microsoft said it would begin complying with the order immediately. In a 91-page decision issued on Wednesday morning, Judge Bo Vesterdorf, the president of the EU’s Court of First…
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SCO Reports $6.5 Million Loss
“We believe the release of Legend will strengthen the overall ecosystem of partners, developers, customers, and resellers that rely on OpenServer and will also present SCO with opportunities to upgrade our current installed base.” SCO had previously said at SCOForum, SCO’s annual reseller conference, that Legend would arrive in the first quarter of 2005. McBride…
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Industry Watchers: Don’t Think Microsoft Is Down for the Count
Just because Microsoft has said it will comply immediately with a European Court judge’s order to follow specified antitrust remedies doesn’t mean life will be a bowl of cherries for Microsoft’s partners, developers and even its competitors. Industry watchers said they will be watching exactly how Microsoft makes good on the court-ordered removal of Windows…
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Checking Up on 2004 Channel Moves
The nature of a column is to hop from subject to subject. Indeed, Walter Lippmann once compared the press to “a searchlight that moves restlessly about.” With 2004 coming to a close, it’s as good a time as any to re-illuminate a few of the year’s Channel Insider episodes. In June, Andre Yee, president and…
