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March 18, 2005
Microsoft fails to comply with EU protocols
Microsoft failing to comply with the EU to open up Windows protocols. Trying to skirt the legality, Microsoft offered up a license scheme that had a monstrous fee attached. The European Commission rejected Microsoft's offer and has said:
Microsoft now has the opportunity to get back to us to explain their point of view and if we're still not happy we can adopt a decision fining them 5 percent of their global turnover each day that they are not compliant. Of course we hope it won't come to that.
That's a whopping five million a day.
Posted by darkmoon at March 18, 2005 01:19 PM
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