34 Quotes by Thomas Vinje

Leaving aside the copyright issue, the source code is simply not needed.

Most software makers reveal for free the sort of information Microsoft is being ordered to license, because anyone not in a monopoly situation has every interest in making their software as widely available as possible.

But it's more than money that's at stake during this hearing.

What Microsoft is talking about is freedom for them to innovate, not others.

There is no compliance yet and it is about time there was compliance.

Market developments have validated the Commission's concerns. It is vital that the court confirms the Media Player decision because it provides a legal precedent that could be used to prevent Microsoft continuing its abusive bundling practices in future.

Microsoft has not given up its exclusionary policies...Indeed any settlement in fact validates the Commission's case. Since the Commission is not bound by any private settlement, ECIS therefore urges the Commission to vigorously defend its 2004 Decision.

Microsoft has been playing games with the Commission from the beginning, but now it realizes its time is up.

Microsoft are trying to turn this into an intellectual property case when it's not.