Tag Archives: antitrust
How is Google damaging consumers?
I kept this post as draft since I read Wired’s article about Google and their supposed dominant position. Today I read again about the new investigation of US Antitrust targeting bigG because it holds too much market share in online … Continue reading
Microsoft pulls the antitrust trigger
I love it: Microsoft calls the European antitrust authorities against Google. Ironic. And a waste of time: the consumer is not harmed by Google, consumers are getting software and services for free. Interoperability is saved and guarded. Case dismissed. Tweet
FIEG si lamenta di Google ma i giornalisti dimenticano la sintassi
Se poi uno si chiede perché i giornali non li vuole comprare più nessuno, leggete qui sotto cosa scrive il Corriere online e ditemi voi se ci capite qualcosa: Il colosso del web si impegna anche a comunicare «attraverso l’interfaccia … Continue reading
I wish antitrust bodies didn’t exist
My good friend Carlo Piana, the lawyer that helped Samba and FSFE in the antitrust trial Microsoft against the European Commission, says today: priority #1 is to keep a close eye on the only overdominant company in the IT market … Continue reading
Ozzie talks about FLOSS and FLOSS advocates talk back
Lots of talking about Microsoft lately.’ As I expected, Ray Ozzie’s public appearances are increasing with declarations of love for the magic word interoperability and with a new, more open, attitude.’ I believe it’s true that “Microsoft fundamentally, as a … Continue reading
W3C under siege: developers want free hands
Standards can be a Royal PITA and every developer and hacker knows that. But for users they’re the only way not to go crazy. Web standards give users the possibility to connect to the Internet from any device and blog, … Continue reading
Microsoft, antitrust, EC, interoperability: deja-vu
Here we are again with the European Commission being asked by a competitor to remind Microsoft that competition doesn’t mean abuse of dominant position. I have a sense of deja-vu. Opera Software has asked the EC to investigate if Microsoft … Continue reading
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