5 posts and columns on Competition Commissioner

Q: What's the Difference Between Neelie Kroes and Larry Ellison?

in News on October 21, 2009 at 8:40 am PT

What’s the difference between European Commission competition watchdog Neelie Kroes and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison? Kroes isn’t losing $100 million a month on Sun Microsystems. Much as Ellison would like to blame the European Commission for yesterday’s bloodletting at Sun, responsibility lies squarely with Oracle–at least, according to Competition Commissioner Kroes.
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Q: What’s the Difference Between Neelie Kroes and Larry Ellison?

in News on October 21, 2009 at 8:40 am PT

What’s the difference between European Commission competition watchdog Neelie Kroes and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison? Kroes isn’t losing $100 million a month on Sun Microsystems. Much as Ellison would like to blame the European Commission for yesterday’s bloodletting at Sun, responsibility lies squarely with Oracle–at least, according to Competition Commissioner Kroes.
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Europe, Microsoft to Test "No Browser Left Behind" Scheme

in News on October 7, 2009 at 7:15 am PT

Microsoft’s proposed antitrust concessions, particularly its offer to give European computer users a choice of Web browsers, appear to have gone over well with the European Commission. This morning, the EC announced a market test of the browser ballot feature Microsoft plans to include in Windows 7.
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Europe, Microsoft to Test “No Browser Left Behind” Scheme

in News on October 7, 2009 at 7:15 am PT

Microsoft’s proposed antitrust concessions, particularly its offer to give European computer users a choice of Web browsers, appear to have gone over well with the European Commission. This morning, the EC announced a market test of the browser ballot feature Microsoft plans to include in Windows 7.
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Mr. Ellison Asks That His Burgers Be Served With Freedom Fries Until Further Notice

in News on September 3, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

Approved without incident by Sun shareholders in July and the U.S. Justice Department in August, Oracle’s planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems seemed poised to easily pass muster with European regulators as well. Sadly for Oracle, that’s not how things have played out. Citing “serious concerns” about the deal’s effect on competition in the market for databases, the European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into it.
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