Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 12th Jul 2006 16:18 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
The European Commission fined Microsoft 280.5 million euros ($357.3 million) on Wednesday to punish its failure to comply with a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling.
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Perhaps you should read this...
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_tuncom/major/mtc-00030610d.htm
Notice the URL! The section called B. "Strategic" Philanthropy makes interesting reading, and there are plenty more examples.
Does any one actually know of the Gates Foundation contribution which has not had an ulterior motive.
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2005-07-08
...completely retire from EU!
I'm not defending Microsoft but if they start giving money to everyone they will go bankrupt. Let's see, if Microsoft gives out almost 400 millions to EU, how do you think others will react?
By retiring, I doubt they would have to pay the fines. And then EU people (mostly businesses) would start bitching at the govs to get MS products back. Others would just use open source stuff.
Anyway, the Bill and Melinda foundation is the way to go. It's by far the best approach to give the money back to the people that REALLY need it. I hope they won't give out all these millions to some politicians...
Edited 2006-07-12 17:28