September 27, 2004
On tap: EU court hearing
News coverage is ramping up in anticipation of Microsoft's hearing later this week before the European Court of First Instance, in which the company will ask for a suspension of the European Commission antitrust ruling pending the outcome of its broader appeal.
Bloomberg News notes that Microsoft still hopes to reach a settlement in the case, while the Associated Press reports that the company says it is prepared to offer a version of Windows without the Windows Media Player, if its efforts to suspend the decision are unsuccessful.
Posted by Todd Bishop at September 27, 2004 05:20 PM
Well, if the Euros wait long enough the marketplace might elminiate Microsoft for them.
A recent study of paid installed desktops showed Linux climbing from about 0.3% of all desktops shipped, to 1.0%. And that's in the last 4 quarters!
At that growth rate, Linux will easily become the dominant desktop OS. And that will happen far more rapidly in Europe, where standard distros such as Suse are created.
