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EU Deadline Approaching for Microsoft
doga writes "As reported by various publications, Microsoft is facing its deadline tonight at midnight central European time. The commissioner has then to decide whether it implemented correctly the measures (windows without media player and interop documentation) or if it should be fined up to 5% of its daily sales." From the article: "European antitrust regulators, who have been at odds with Microsoft over its efforts to comply with its order, hope to make a decision by July 20 as to whether Microsoft has submitted an acceptable proposal for compliance, said Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for the European Union. That date is the last meeting of the European Commission before its summer recess."
The deadline is tonight.
The punishment has already been decided
It will take until the 20th to decide if Microsoft's proposal is crappy enough to deserve the fine.
Then they either fine them or they don't.
They've already told Microsoft to piss off when they asked for an extension to this deadline - hell, they've had 6 months to come up with a proposal, now they're just stalling for time.