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Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Ruling

Posted by Hemos on from the big-cases dept.

Ec|ipse writes "Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European court order to implement antitrust sanctions, Instead, Microsoft hopes to win their main appeal that they (Microsoft) had abused their software dominance."

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  1. Heh by WillerZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably realised the lawyers would cost more than the fines.

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    1. Re:Heh by PopeAlien · · Score: 2, Funny

      ..or its much simpler to simply buy the EU and bundle free copies of Euro-Clippy with all products to appease the grumpy naysayers that want 'competition' instead of 'innovation'. Hey look! a paperclip! and its talking to me!

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    2. Re:Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Probably not if they pay the lawyers in US$ and the fine in Euros.

    3. Re:Heh by edxwelch · · Score: 2, Funny

      Plus, they already wasted enough money trying to buy off the CCIA $10M and Novell

    4. Re:Heh by flyingsquid · · Score: 2, Funny
      they simply would not win and that their money is better-spent on some different campaign.

      Like maybe a military campaign? I can almost picture Gates rubbing his hands together in Redmond and going, "Sure, I'll let you win this round, Europe" before launching his full-scale invasion of Europe.

      Of course, the winter assault on Moscow will be his undoing.

    5. Re:Heh by purple_cobra · · Score: 2, Funny

      And when his tanks fall stationary after experiencing a BSOD I'll bop him with my Mac. :)

  2. Why media player? by Bumjubeo · · Score: 2, Funny

    So they couldnt get internet explorer, they targeted media player. Microsoft sure has been playing it smart, I want a stripped down version without WMP!

  3. MicroSoft by kerby74 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But.... Longhorn will fix all this, we promise.

  4. Nah, most probably by DJPaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...They are afraid that some of the people in court might be reading slashdot, and saw yesterday's Ballmer ad, so they decided to abandon the case until this is forgotten. After all nobody wants to be laughed by a federal judge.

  5. So let me get this straight... by The+Angry+Mick · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft will accept the penalty incurred under the anti-trust ruling, but will still appeal the foundation ruling in general?

    I'm glad IANAL.

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    1. Re:So let me get this straight... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      I'm glad IANAL.

      So... you want to hook up or something?

  6. Media Player link by CPUgrind · · Score: 3, Funny

    So now when a link to a media file is clicked instead of opening Windows Media Player, Windows will probably open a Web Browser to download Windows Medial Player.

  7. Re:*eyebrow raising* by archen · · Score: 2, Funny

    "WHY in GODS NAME do I need to have Windows Media Player EMBEDDED into my server??"

    Clippy: "It looks like SQL Server is dying and NTFS is corrupting as we speak. Would you like to watch a video to see how to press ctrl+alt+del and pray to God that your machine can still boot?"

  8. Re:*eyebrow raising* by alephnull42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do know that my spelling and grammar have a lot to be desired.

    You mean that your spelling and grammar leave a lot to be desired.

    *duck*

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