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Yesterday, the Association for Competitive Technology submitted its official response to the European Commission’s Statement of Objections regarding Microsoft’s integration of Internet Explorer into the Windows operating system. While the Statement of Objections itself and much of the process around it is confidential, we wanted to share the basic reasons [...]
The European Commission has recognized the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) as an interested third party in opposition to the Commission's Statement of Objections regarding Microsoft's actions in the browser market. While we're happy that the Commission granted us the opportunity to represent our 3000 members in this process, we [...]
Yahoo!Tech reveals that “[s]hopping on eBay just got a bit more rewarding, at least for some users of the online auctioneer's site. On Wednesday, eBay Inc. launched a ‘beta’ test version of eBay Bucks, a program that lets participants earn a 2 percent reward on certain items they buy through [...]
Reuters reports that, according to according to a survey released today, “[t]rust in business plummeted worldwide last year, as the global economic crisis sent financial institutions pleading for government support, leaving average people to question industry's ability to bring prosperity. Some 62 percent of informed adults aged 25 to 64 [...]
Tomorrow morning at 930am CET, it will all be over. Months of waiting. Months of speculating. Months of worrying. Tomorrow Europe's Court of First Instance will put a rest to it all in what many expect to be five minutes in Luxembourg followed by a mad dash to read through [...]
SME Concerns about the Commission’s Case against Microsoft Many Are Worried About What the CFI Decision Means for Them The European Commission’s case against Microsoft is often described as an attempt to protect the David’s of the software world from Microsoft’s Goliath. The reality, however, is not so clear cut. [...]
10 Years After U.S. v. Microsoft New Technologies, New Competitors, and a New Microsoft Abstract It’s been 10 years since the U.S. Justice Department launched its antitrust investigation of Microsoft. In the past decade the world of personal computing changed in so many ways that today’s dizzying array of choices—handheld [...]
The Wall Street Journal warns that, judging from its anti-China rhetoric, Congress still hasn’t learned the lessons from the Smoot-Hawley tariff. The WSJ writes: “Unfortunately, Congress is suffering from a bad case of amnesia. Over the past several months, protectionism has reached a fever pitch with lawmakers in both Houses [...]
Introduction Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I am Jonathan Zuck, President of the Association for Competitive Technology, or ACT. On behalf of our member companies, it is my sincere honor to testify before this committee today. As a professional software developer and technology educator, I am [...]