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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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    I guess today is a passable day to die.
  2. MicroSoft by kerby74 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.