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As expected by the cynical, the EU Lucy is indeed snatching the antitrust football away from Microsoft again, as another investigation has been triggered by a complaint from such vulnerable firms as IBM, Sun, and Nokia.
From TCS Daily:
The Microsoft case demonstrates once again that antitrust policy is often nothing more than "corporate welfare" or, more precisely, "losers' welfare". Its legislation pushes enterprises to look for help from the state and to win on markets through lawyers and lobbyists rather than through scientists and experts. On the other hand, maybe these companies really are at incredible disadvantage; is this what they say in their SEC 10-K forms? No:
IBM is an innovation-based business serving the needs of enterprises and institutions worldwide. It defines innovation as the intersection of business insight and technological invention. IBM seeks to deliver client success—in whatever ways its clients define success—by giving them differentiating capabilities that provide unique competitive advantage. But maybe the company will amend.
posted by James DeLong @ 8:54 AM | International
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