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EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially

Posted by timothy on from the golden-goose-time dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "As reported by CNN.com, the European Union has hit Microsoft with a record US$613 million fine after a five-year investigation, finding the company guilty of abusing the 'near-monopoly' of the Windows operating system. Microsoft has been given 90 days to make a European version of Windows available without a media player and 120 days to give programming codes to rivals in the server market to allow 'full interoperability' with desktops running Windows. Microsoft plans to appeal the decision." Other readers point to coverage at the BBC, ZDNet, Reuters (here carried by Yahoo!), and abc.au.net.

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  1. Gates and WMD's by peoria+kid · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hear they have Weapons of Mass Distribution at Microsoft and they must be stopped

  2. 1.311 EUR per EU population!! (RAW DEAL) by toesate · · Score: 1, Troll
    The fine is 497m EUR.

    The EU Population in 2003 is 378,988,100 (estimate).

    So it is about 1.311 EUR per EU inhabitant.

    Not even a single trip bus fare.

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  3. Re:Quite right too by 4of12 · · Score: 0, Troll

    All MS are doing is giving their free software along with (hopefully not) your OS.
    It's like suing a computer seller for including a free keyboard of vendor X and not giving a chance to vendor Y.

    Here's some free crack to go with your McBurger!

    Come back soon!

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  4. Re:I hope.... by N3WBI3 · · Score: 0, Troll
    BEcause they usually follow Democratic presidents ;) it takes awhile to clean up their mess.

    Seriously I will have to look it up later but I wonder what the corrospondence is with house leadership to the stock market as they have much more to do with the stock market than the president does..

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