Microsoft has asked the Supreme Court to overturn an earlier
Appeals Court ruling that the company had abused its dominant
market position, whilst also requesting that the Appeals Court
delay an order to send the case back to the lower District Court to
determine what remedies should be imposed against Microsoft to
prevent future violations.
The US government is keen that the case continues to move
forward, in order to ensure that the upcoming launch of the Windows
XP operating system is carried out under competitive
conditions.
Digital photography is one of the anti-competitive issues raised
by the Windows XP operating system. Kodak had complained that
Microsoft had unfairly designed Windows XP to give preference to
Microsoft affiliated on-line photo finishing services.
Microsoft has now reached a settlement with Kodak over the
photography features contained within the Windows XP software. It
is expected to announce that, as part of the deal, alterations have
been made to the Windows XP photographic technology that will allow
users to see multiple third party software packages on the menu
bar, as well as the Microsoft software, whenever a digital camera
is attached to a computer.
Microsoft has also agreed to clearly label built-in photographic
software as its own and to strive to ensure that
