EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach

New submitter quippe writes in with some bad news for Microsoft. "Microsoft Corp will be charged for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer a choice of web browsers, the European Union's antitrust chief said on Thursday, which could mean a hefty fine for the company. U.S.-based Microsoft's more than decade-long battle with the European Commission has already landed it with fines totaling more than a billion euros ($1.28 billion). The Commission, which opened an investigation into the issue in July, is now preparing formal charges against the company, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said."

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Re:They have to ban Windows in EU

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah, what would make a bigger impact is to revoke Microsoft's copyright in the EU and splash MS software downloads all over the governments websites.

Re:They have to ban Windows in EU

[pahles]

Do you suggest they raid almost every home in the EU to seize all Windows computers? Or do you want the EU to make it impossible for Microsoft to send updates to Windows computers? Or do you want the EU to detain all Microsoft CEOs (or whatever they're called), like they did in Brazil with the Google CEO? Please tell me what it is you want if you say they should ban Windows?

Re:They have to ban Windows in EU

[mwvdlee]

What the FUCK is "desktop" anyway?

It's basically browser, email, mediaplayer, office suite and that one, age-old, weird, custom Windows-only application that nobody besides you even knows exits and you absolutely cannot do without.