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Then there's the confidentiality issue. "If this is a tax, then one would assume the IRS is going to be involved - and so are they then going to be auditing our patient billing? And therefore how do we maintain patient confidentiality under that circumstance?" says McGuire.
Microsoft's move came as part of a legal settlement with the European Commission after a decade of skirmishes with the E.U.'s antitrust authority. Neelie Kroes, the E.U. competition commissioner, says Microsoft's previous approach denied consumers a fair choice. "It is as if you went to the supermarket...
The settlement may also establish antitrust regulation as a key driver of innovation and competition in the IT sector. When Microsoft first began trading blows with the European Commission, it took a confrontational approach, as if it never believed it would be tamed by Brussels bureaucrats. But the tussles have...
Of course, regulators still need to ensure interoperability. Microsoft has a dire record of implementing rulings made by regulators - half its European Commission fines are for failures to abide by E.U. rulings - and some cynics warn the company might "accidentally" put bugs in its systems that cause rival browsers to...
While some competitors remain cautious, Microsoft has pledged its full cooperation. If so, it could mark a new era as the company redirects its business strategy away from maintaining its crushing market dominance and toward something it had fought against for 10 years - greater cohesion with its rivals.