Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 12th Jul 2006 16:18 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
Microsoft 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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RE[4]: Serves them right
by dmantione on Wed 12th Jul 2006 20:05 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Serves them right"
dmantione
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2005-07-06

Even then MS knew well before the verdict on March 2004 that DG Competition did want it to open protocols. MS was warned in 2001 that it was violating anti-trust laws. While the majority of companies react promptly to such a warning, Microsoft has choosen to ignore it. Acting then would have avoided a lot of trouble.

Edited 2006-07-12 20:06

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