EU Rejects Microsoft Royalty Proposal

pallmall1 writes "According to MSNBC, The Financial Times has reported that the EU is going to drastically reduce or even eliminate Microsoft's proposed royalties on interoperability information required to be released by the EU's antitrust ruling issued three years ago. According to a confidential EU document, "Microsoft will be forced to hand over to rivals what the group claims is sensitive and valuable technical information about its Windows operating system for next to no compensation...". Even Neil Barrett, the expert picked by both Microsoft and the EU to oversee Microsoft's compliance with the 2004 ruling, says a zero percent royalty would be 'better.'"

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[wizardforce]

if this works as they say, it could mean that other countries would follow suit. very good news for open-source & mac

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[jez9999]

I think something like that actually happened in the UK once - a burglar got attacked by the owner of the home they were trying to burgle, and later sued the owner for loss of earnings.