>> Not only that, but the "80% market share is all the proof they need" argument is yet another strawman. Nobody is saying that, either, and you should know better,
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Your links not withstanding, the goal of the EU commission is to reduce high market shares. That is their yardstick for measuring success. It should gladden the hearts of all companies that fail to get the "share they deserve".
I will post refrences one per post to make it easier to read.
contentagenda.com
She also pointed out that, during the course of the litigation, Microsoft's share of the market in workgroup servers had risen to 80 percent, 'up from 40 percent,' and that Windows Media Player had come to dominate the market. 'Microsoft cannot regulate the market by imposing its products and its services on people,' Kroes added.
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Later on Monday, a spokesman for Kroes, Jonathan Todd, sought to clarify the comments, saying that what Kroes meant was that 'once the illegal abuse has been removed and competitors are free to compete on the merits, the logical consequence of that would be to expect Microsoft's market share to fall.' |
