Brad Smith Soft Quotations

To continue to foster consistency between both licensing programs, Microsoft has decided to make available for the desktop protocols the same reference license for source code it is offering for server protocols, and the company will provide competition authorities in the United States with information so they can consider the matter.

This reflects our confidence in the future. The software industry is a very fast-paced industry and if anything, we have seen the pace of change accelerate.

We've shipped a new version of Windows, we've paid an historic fine and we've provided unprecedented access to Microsoft technology to promote interoperability with other industry players. Yet every time we make a change, we find that the Commission moves the goal post and demands another change.

We've shipped a new version of Windows, we've paid an historic fine, and we've provided unprecedented access to Microsoft technology to promote interoperability with other industry players. In total, we have now responded to more than 100 requests from the Commission.

With today's announcement, Microsoft has supplemented the existing resources with a new license for all of the Windows Server source code that implements all of the communications protocols covered by the 2004 decision.

Microsoft is an intellectual-property company. By extending the reach of IP Ventures through government agencies, we believe new businesses will bring more technology to market faster, and they'll also contribute back to local economies.

Microsoft is obligated as a company to continue to move forward to meet our obligations under the agreement, even as we are waiting for a final decision.

In the software industry, things move quickly. We are a company with bold goals for innovative and pioneering technology. This plan provides us the space for the current and future talent who will help us achieve those goals.

In the software industry, things move quickly. The acceleration of our campus expansion shows our ability to match that pace as well as our long-term commitment to employees and the region.