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<title>Microsoft case: FSFE in European Court of Justice hearing</title>
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<h1>Microsoft case: FSFE in European Court of Justice hearing</h1>
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Fresh action in the European Commission's <a
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href="http://fsfe.org/projects/ms-vs-eu/ms-vs-eu.en.html">antitrust
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proceedings against Microsoft</a>: On May 24, the European Court of
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Justice conducts a hearing on Microsoft's appeal against the
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fine. FSFE has <a
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href="http://fsfe.org/projects/ms-vs-eu/timeline.html">participated
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in the case</a> for a decade and will intervene on the Commission's
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behalf.
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Together with the Samba team, FSFE's legal counsel Carlo Piana and
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President Karsten Gerloff will defend the freedom to
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interoperate. They will reiterate FSFE's view that protocols and
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interoperability information have no intrinsic value, but Microsoft
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kept them secret so it could squelch rivals in the work group server
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market.
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In February 2008, the European Court of Justice slapped the software
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giant with a record EUR 899 million fine in 2008.
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag>samba</tag>
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<tag>swpats</tag>
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<tag>Microsoft</tag>
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<tag>ms</tag>
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<tag>eu</tag>
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