The Thirteenth Chime of the Clock

Few judgments of the European Court of First Instance (CFI) have attracted as much attention or controversy as the decision in Microsoft Corporation v. European Commission . One aspect of the case dealt with MicrosoftA¢â‚¬â„¢s practice of A¢â‚¬A“bundlingA¢â‚¬Â its own Windows Media Player application with its ubiquitous Windows operating system. The Court upheld a Commission decision that found Microsoft liable under Article 82 and, as a remedy, required Microsoft to produce and market an unbundled version of its operating system called A¢â‚¬A“Windows NA¢â‚¬Â . But Windows N has failed to sell in the marketplace, and the market position of competing media players has nonetheless grown.