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EC Suspends Microsoft Sanctions Due to Appeal

Posted by michael on from the too-nice-for-their-own-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Commission has suspended sanctions against Microsoft stemming from a ruling that the group had abused its dominant market position."

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  1. *sigh* Somebody must have been paid off... by Cheerio+Boy · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is sheer lunacy. Micro$haft was found in violation and needs to be punished.

    In my opinion the fine should have been collected _then_ returned if the appeal overturned the issue.

    Or maybe not returned even then.

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    "Bah!" - Dogbert
  2. Re:And this is just... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "The EU is fucking great and holy and nothing non-good ever happens there.. anything bad that does happen must be because of US influence"
    go jerk me off

  3. hahaha. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    euro-turds.

  4. Re:this just in. by 0racle · · Score: 0, Troll

    You came here for an intelligent discussion on Microsoft? I feel sorry for you.

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  5. How I wish I had mod points.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    So I could mod down every jackass who puts a dollar sign following a "M."

    *sigh...*

  6. M$ should be split into 10 companies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    M$ is monopoly that spreading viruses in all computers running windoz. Windoze is worst OS in the history in computing but it has grip with monopoly throught OEM vendors like DELL, HP, GATEWAY.

  7. Good by Enlarge+Your+Penis · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm really not a fan of Bill Gates, but I'm glad Microsoft appealed. The issue was over Media Player being bundled, as opposed to Quicktime or Realplayer. Now, Apple have their good points - however, their hardware monopoly and refusal to bundle competitors products with OS releases should have led to a dismissal right away. Additionally, the Windows install of Quicktime rapes the registry and file settings.

    Realplayer is a commercial product, supported by either a license fee or spyware - again, this should have been dismissed.