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EU Prepared to Fine Microsoft $2.5 Million Per Day

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'd-get-on-that-guys dept.

Lord_Slepnir writes "The European Union is unsatisfied with Microsoft's compliance with their anti-trust compliance from 2004, and is preparing to fine them 2 million Euros ($2.5m US) per day until they comply. Under that ruling, Microsoft must open up parts of their operating system to competitors, and change how they bundle Media Player." From the article: "On Monday, Microsoft said it had begun to provide the information Brussels had demanded, but the Commission has signaled the company acted too late. In December, Brussels informed the software giant that it had failed to comply with the original ruling it issued in March 2004."

3 of 659 comments (clear)

  1. Serious Question: by susano_otter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What are the chances of this being simply an excuse to generate a $2.5 million per day revenue stream for the EU government?

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  2. Let's get it on! by grev · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Greed-driven Microsoft vs the avaricious European Union, FIGHT!

  3. I usually try to keep comments constructive but by notaprguy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    in this case I'm going to lower my standards and say that EU should go screw itself. This is reason #1, 2 and 3 that the EU will never be able to compete effectively in the world economy - despite their wierd protectionist/subsidization policies (think Airbus). MSFT is not my darling but I truly believe they've bent over backwards to meet their wierd demands. I hope MSFT can find a way to find saner people in the EU to eventually overturn this stupid garbage. Respectfully, A normally Europe-loving democrat who is far from a fan-boy of big business