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EC Sends Statement of Objections To Microsoft For Violating Anti-Trust Agreement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the go-to-court-like-it's-1998 dept.

dkleinsc writes "Three years ago, Microsoft came to an agreement with EU regulators that required them to provide users with a choice of web browsers. Last July, they found Microsoft in breach of that agreement. Today, they announced that this will result in charges, potentially resulting in fines as large as $7 billion." Microsoft gets one last chance to defend itself.

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  1. Re:Fine by Vanderhoth · · Score: 3, Funny

    And without that revenue from government contracts how do you expect them to keep innovating?

    Catering to three year olds seems to be working for them.

  2. Re:Fine by poetmatt · · Score: 3, Funny

    which would leave the world in a much better place.