EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 27, 2012 @07:07PM from the listen-to-the-law dept.

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 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-27 19:23 · Score: 2, Funny

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 by mwvdlee · 2012-09-27 22:42 · Score: 3, Funny

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.

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