February 28th 2008 04:06 am
Microsoft slammed by European Commission with $1.35b fine
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops var digg_url = ‘http://digg. com/microsoft/Microsoft_slammed_by_European_Commission_with_1_4b_fine’; It’s a good thing Microsoft has tons and tons of money, because they keep finding themselves in a position where they’ve got to pay out — big time. Such is the case today, where the European Commission has fined the monolithic company €899 million (or $1. “Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the Commission has had to fine for failure to comply with an antitrust decision,” said Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Perhaps Ballmer and co. saw this one coming when they went “open” last week, though we’re fairly confident this kind of fine carries only the slightest sting for the software giant. |
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