Judge questions sanctions against Microsoft
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
The judge in Microsoft's appeal of the antitrust measures imposed by the European Commission questioned the wisdom of those sanctions, as the two-day hearing wound up yesterday.
Judge Bo Vesterdorf of the European Court of First Instance appeared skeptical of the open-ended nature and practical effect of the sanctions as he questioned lawyers for Microsoft, its competitors and the European Commission.
"Isn't it inadequate to impose a remedy when you don't know what the effect is going to be?" Vesterdorf asked lawyers for the commission.
Should Microsoft decide to challenge Vesterdorf's ultimate decision, it would have one last appeal -- to the president of the European Court of Justice, Europe's highest court.