The European Court
has rejected
Microsoft’s appeal
against an EU ruling finding the software company guilty of abuse of its market
dominance.
A €497m (£345m) fine and an order to share details to allow interoperability
for competitors' products have been upheld.
The Commission also ruled that the bundling of Windows Media Player with
Microsoft’s Windows PC operating system affected competition.
The decision to order Microsoft to offer for sale a version of Windows
without Windows Media Player has also been upheld.
Under the ruling Microsoft is required to disclose specifications of its
client/server and server/server communication protocols to competitors wishing
to develop and distribute workgroup server operating systems.
On 7 June 2004 Microsoft had brought the action before the Court of First
Instance for annulment
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