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

John Paczkowski 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.

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

John Paczkowski 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.

EC to Intel: How's This for "Manifestly Disproportionate?"

John Paczkowski in News on September 21, 2009 at 11:16 am PT

Intel’s criticism of the European Commission’s legal acumen clearly has not gone over well in Brussels. The EC today responded to Intel’s claims that the Commission’s antitrust ruling against the company was meted out in error by releasing the full text of its decision and a selection of email correspondence and internal memos that make it clear that Intel probably should have kept its big mouth shut.

EC to Intel: How’s This for “Manifestly Disproportionate?”

John Paczkowski in News on September 21, 2009 at 11:16 am PT

Intel’s criticism of the European Commission’s legal acumen clearly has not gone over well in Brussels. The EC today responded to Intel’s claims that the Commission’s antitrust ruling against the company was meted out in error by releasing the full text of its decision and a selection of email correspondence and internal memos that make it clear that Intel probably should have kept its big mouth shut.