Microsoft compliance hearing: Few complaints
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Lawyers for plaintiffs in the federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft raised few objections in a Monday hearing on the company's compliance with the court-approved settlement, but one lawyer questioned whether the settlement is having much of an effect on the software marketplace.
Microsoft lawyer Charles Rule argued the settlement has had an effect. In the past three months, three new companies have signed up for the Microsoft Communications Protocol Program (MCPP), a communications protocol licensing program that came out of the settlement, and choices in the media playback market place continue to expand, including Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes service, Rule said.