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Microsoft Hands Over Docs To EU

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the are-they-allowed-to-redact dept.

hankwang writes "Reuters reports that Microsoft has handed over technical documents to the EU in order to enable the competition to make interoperable software. So far, the EU has imposed fines of €497 M and €280 M onto Microsoft for abuse of its monopoly. The deadline for this documentation was today. According to Microsoft, the documentation is over 8500 pages."

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  1. shocking by bazorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    497... no presents for Bill's kids this Xmas...

  2. Microsoft Hands Over Docs to EU by tttonyyy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...in Office 2007 format, forcing the commission to buy a licence to read them?

    Oh, that'd be so funny. :)

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  3. The 2nd page of the document says... by rjdegraaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    'This page intentionally left blank.'

  4. torrent? by Andrewkov · · Score: 5, Funny
    According to Microsoft, the documentation is over 8500 pages.

    Anyone have a link to the torrent?

  5. Re:Format ? by ditoa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually they gave them in .docx format thereby forcing the EU to upgrade to Office 2007.