The absence of access is seriously prejudicing Microsoft's right of defense. The position taken by the commission is particularly troubling because it contradicts the commission's stated commitment to increased transparency and due process in antitrust investigations.

Without very clear standards, no compulsory license can possibly be lawful.

The Commission cannot simultaneously claim that a trustee is its own expert, with whom all exchanges are 'internal', and that he is an independent source of authority.

The decision condemned a company for not saying yes to a company who requests a huge amount of secret technology for the future. The Windows source code is copyright. It is valuable, the fruit of lots of effort.

The absence of access is seriously prejudicing Microsoft's right of defense.

The largest fine in history would make for large headlines.