Microsoft chief certain of acceptable EU outcome
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer expressed certainty on Thursday that an investigation by the European Commission into possible anti-competitive practices would come up with a 'workable' solution. 'The European Commission ... is not out to punish anybody, it is out to ensure that the citizens and the competitors doing business in Europe have an appropriate chance to flourish,' he said.
'I am sure that exercising that responsibility well will wind up with a result that is workable for everybody,' he said. The Commission has been investigating Microsoft for abuse of a dominant position for nearly three years. Ballmer said earlier this week in Stockholm that Microsoft was working constructively with European authorities.