The European Commission appointed computer scientist Neil Barrett on Wednesday to oversee whether Microsoft is complying with an antitrust ruling that it abused its near-monopoly in desktop computer systems to shut out rival software makers. Also Wednesday, EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes met with Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to discuss antitrust issues. Earlier this month, Kroes said her department had received informal complaints about Microsoft, perhaps leading to the opening of a new case.
October 06, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The European Commission appointed a British computer scientist Wednesday to oversee whether Microsoft Corp. is complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling that it had abused its near-monopoly in desktop computer systems to shut out rival software makers.
The EU executive named Neil Barrett as a trustee to monitor the U.S. software company’s compliance on the same day EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes met with Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to discuss general antitrust issues.
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