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Mario Monti Fines Microsoft 100 Million?

Posted by Hemos on from the lots-of-talking dept.

n3k5 writes "EU competition commissioner Mario Monti has been in the news a lot lately, following "[...] a preliminary decision that Microsoft is breaking European law by abusing its dominant position in the personal computers' market. However, [the Commission] needs to carry out a series of consultations before finalising its verdict, due by May 1." (Financial Times article) The latest articles all cite German magazine FOCUS, which reports in its current issue that, according to "informed" EU sources, the Commission is considering imposing a record fine of EUR 100,000,000 (USD 123,840,000) on Microsoft. "Amelia Torries, a spokeswoman for Monti, dismissed the report as 'pure and utter speculation.'" (Channel NewsAsia article)"

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  1. Re:100,000,000,000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, a fucking idiot like you WOULD say that...

  2. Quick! Everybody! Look at me! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm the 23rd Slashbot to make the same inane comment about how "$100 million is not enough! We should make Micro$uck pay for its crimes against humanity! Make it $100 BILLION!" Please mod me redundant and slap my ass and call me Sally! I use Linux and think it's k-rad l33t cool to bash Bill Gates and I spell it "Micro$oft" and "Internet Exploder" because I'm a fairy fucking faggot.

  3. Re:Look out for the settlement by andih8u · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    strange how france is always pushing mandrake, germany was until recently pushing suse, and all of a sudden the EU starts looking for ways to go after microsoft...far be it from either of those countries to ever get into shady deals though

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  4. EAT MY WOOKIE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Microsoft fuckers. I hate you and I only run Lunix on my boxens.

  5. Go home, Eurotrash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's bad enough that we have Jethro Clampett in the US presidency, in charge of the USDoJ and the people's interest in the MS antitrust issue.

    STFU you whiny little bitch. Don't like it here? Go home, Eurotrash.

    Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

  6. Re:Makes me wonder by cpu_fusion · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You see, some of us still live in "backwards" parts of the world (e.g., Europe), which still cling to old beliefs. Like: that courts of law are actually there to uphold the law, not to just bend over and grab their ankles if it's a big corporation.

    Save your holier-than-thou crap until a REAL, SUBSTANTIAL fine is actually imposed. This saber-rattling (with a plastic, dull saber IMHO) is as meaningless as the huge waste of taxpayer money that was the DOJ investigation. (Thanks Boies! Hope you like your new job for SCO, you crooked S.O.B.)

    It's time for fines in the 10+ billion dollar range -- something that really kicks MS in the nuts.

  7. Where does Europe get off... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...fining an American company hundreds of millions? First they blocked a merger between two American companies (GE and Honeywell) now they're talking about hundreds of millions in fines? I'd like to see Bush respond by fining Airbus a few hundred billion for their rampant bribery and illegal government subsidies.

  8. MS shouldn't pay by MBraynard · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Let's just skip the whole argument of the Eurotyrants having no right to say the word 'Microsoft' much less demand a tribute from them. But why should MS pay?

    Why doesn't the nation of Guinea-Bissau, the poorest nation on earth, levy a fine on MS for 'business practices?' MS would laugh it off. They should similarly laugh off the Euro fine. At least Guinea-Bissau has pleasant franocophones.

    Other companies commit fraud, rip off investors, lie on their balance sheets, and embezzle government contract money. But the company that gets the biggest fine is MS and why? For being so much 'better' than everyone else. Just another sign of the Eurotrash inferior complex.