I want Microsoft’s market share to diminish to significantly less than 95%. I can’t say that it has to be precisely 50% or whatever number, but it has to be significantly less than 95.
– Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition Policy
Today’s decision from the European Court of First Instance affirms the broad role that competition policy has in Europe. You can slug through the lengthy court opinion, but these press conference Q&A comments of Neelie Kroes (including the above quote) are revealing. They show the true intent of the European Commission’s competition policy regulators: competition policy is about micromanaging software development and dictating market evolution.
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