Implementation of the Commission's Microsoft decision (might) be coming closer

Last week, Microsoft submitted eleventh hour proposals for implementation of the decision of the European Commission. The decision found Microsoft to have abused a dominant position in the market (with the interpretation of each of those terms being incredibly controversial), and ordered Microsoft to unbundle its MEDIA PLAYER from Windows and also provide information (claimed by Microsoft to be subject to IP) to aid interoperability between servers. An attempt failed to suspend implementation of this decision, pending the decision in Microsoft's appeal to the European Court of Justice.

As ever, the devil is in the detail - it will be interesting to see what the Commission is prepared to accept and the approach it adopts in assessing this - or will the fine loom?