Mario Monti Fines Microsoft 100 Million?

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 2, 2004 @03:17AM 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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Re:You realize what this will mean! by sik0fewl · 2004-02-02 03:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Offtopic?? I don't think people without senses of humour should be allowed to have mod points.

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