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Microsoft Meets EU Antitrust Deadline

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grumbling-like-an-old-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes to mention a News.com article, which reports on Microsoft's attempt to meet the EU's requirements in their ongoing antitrust case. The updated documents that Microsoft has delivered, they hope, will put off the leveling of a several-millions-of-dollars-a-day fine against the OS maker. Whether or not the documents have accomplished that task will not be known for several months yet. From the article: "The commission set a deadline of July but delayed it until a court proceeding finished in December, 2004. In July, 2006, the commission fined Microsoft $357.3 million for dragging its feet, on top of a fine of almost $646 million in 2004 for its initial violation. In a statement calling the submission of documents a 'milestone,' Microsoft said it had completed the review and editing of some 100 documents, which number 8,500 pages."

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  1. What about putting the fine in escrow by El+Cubano · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The updated documents that Microsoft has delivered, they hope, will put off the leveling of a several-millions-of-dollars-a-day fine against the OS maker. Whether or not the documents have accomplished that task will not be known for several months yet.

    Being that they have already dragged their feet for years on this, they should be required to pay the fine (or at least a percentage of it) into escrow (which can bear interest for the benefit of the EU citizenry). Once the documentation is judged to have met the requirements of the EU regulators, the money can be returned.

    Not sure if it would be possible, but I think it would help dissuade MS from future delay tactics.

  2. Re:in other news by bmo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Incredible. Taco posted this story _two days ago_ and the article itself is the _exact_ same Reuters report.

    Don't the editors and Taco talk to each other?

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  3. expensive pages... by Tmack · · Score: 3, Interesting
    just over $1billion in fines already, and only 8500 pages to show for it after two whole years? That doesnt sound like much, and comes out to $118,000 per page. Taking the average of 275 words per page, that comes to $429 per word, or about $72 per non-whitespace.

    Tm

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