Horacio E. Gutiérrez
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Gutiérrez Horacio E. Gutiérrez
Horacio E. Gutiérrez, Microsoft's associate general counsel in Europe, said there was collusion against the company. ''The commission, the trustee and Microsoft's adversaries were secretly collaborating throughout the fall of 2005 in a manner inconsistent with the commission's role as neutral regulator and the trustee's role as independent monitor, said by Mr. Gutiérrez. He also said that the commission waited for almost two days before Microsoft's deadline to provide copies of certain correspondence between the commission and four American companies who have long been Microsoft's adversaries in various judicial and regulatory proceedings. In a more pointed statement Thursday, Horacio E. Gutiérrez, Microsoft's associate general counsel in Europe, said there was collusion against the company. He added that the commission, the trustee and Microsoft's adversaries were secretly collaborating throughout the fall of 2005 in a manner inconsistent with the commission's role as neutral regulator and the trustee's role as independent monitor. He felt compelled to submit a second written response to the commission because some documents concerning the case were not made available to Microsoft until two days before the Feb. 15 deadline for written responses. He also said that the commission waited until two days before Microsoft's deadline to provide copies of certain correspondence between the commission and four American companies who have long been Microsoft's adversaries in various judicial and regulatory proceedings.