Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Mar 2007 18:49 UTC, submitted by Governa
The European Union escalated its trans-Atlantic fight with Microsoft on Thursday, threatening new multimillion fines against the software maker over claims it fails to offer rivals a fair deal on licenses for helping servers work with Windows. In response, Microsoft charged that the treatment it receives from the EU is unmatched around the world and harmed Europe's efforts to become a thriving high-tech economy. The EU said Microsoft could face fines as high as euro3 million (US$4 million) a day, accusing the software company of trying to protect its interests by overcharging rivals for complete and accurate interface documentation - which would allow them to interoperate with Windows PCs and servers - on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.
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Member since:2006-01-02
The difference is that cigarettes kill people, whereas having a dominant position in the software industry doesn't lead as surely to death and large healthcare costs for the state. Also, Windows is non-habit-forming. No one is really urged to use windows. They do have an urge to use applications though.
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2005-07-06
Somehow this reminds me of the cigarette lawsuits in the U.S.