Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Feb 2008 18:33 UTC, submitted by JJ
Microsoft "Microsoft was fined a record 899 million euros (USD 1.35 billion) by the European Commission on Wednesday for using high prices to discourage software competition in the latest sanction in their long-running battle. The executive arm of the European Union said the U.S. software group defied a 2004 order from Brussels to provide the information on reasonable terms. Microsoft has now been fined a total of 1.68 billion euros by the EU for abusing its 95 percent dominance of PC operating systems through Windows."
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Open Protocol Anouncement
by Matt Giacomini on Wed 27th Feb 2008 19:02 UTC
Matt Giacomini
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2005-07-06

I know that Microsoft says that it's Open Protocol Announcement has nothing to do with the EU court pending decision (pending at that time anyway). But I bet it has had some influence, and to that end I applaud the EU for keeping the pressure on.....something the US failed to do.

Edited 2008-02-27 19:04 UTC