Microsoft Hit With 280m Euro Fine

Craig Mason writes "The BBC Reports that "Microsoft has been fined 280.5m euros ($357m; £194m) by the European Commission for failing to comply with an anti-competition ruling. The software giant was hit by the fine following a long-running dispute between the US firm and EU regulators. The move follows a landmark EU ruling in 2004, which ordered Microsoft to provide rivals with information about its Windows operating system. EU regulators also warned Microsoft it could face new fines of 3m euros a day.""

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Re:Bigger fines/stiffer punishments

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Giving away money to charity that you should never have had in the first place, does not make it O.K. Any charitable organisation with any bollocks should refuse the money Gates is offering, just on general principle. I know there are a few groups of people that I'd rather starve to death than accept food from .....