Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/69171/ 2008-09-07T05:46:18-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/69171/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2007-10-23T01:20:11-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/69171/?l=1#0 <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b91ccf58-8094-11dc-9f14-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b91ccf58-8094-11dc-9f14-0000779fd2ac.html</a><br /> <br /> Microsoft concedes defeat in 9 year battle with European Commission. Agrees to allow competitors access to technology that should create more software innovation.<br /> <br /> <div class="quote">The US software developer agreed to comply with the EU antitrust regulator’s finding that it was abusing its dominance, upheld by the European Court in 2004. The result would be lower prices and more choice for customers, the Commission said.</div>