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Why does Microsoft owe the EU about a billion euros?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 08 6:29 am
by clyzm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_U ... _Microsoft

On February 27, 2008, the EU fined Microsoft for another €899 million for failure to comply with the March 2004 antitrust decision. The total fine is now 1.68 billion euros.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 08 8:02 am
by Tonnochi
crash and burn, crash and burn, crash and burn...

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 08 9:40 am
by {17}Ales
Oh its something to do with Microsoft not sharing out its source codez to competitors in Europe(the law apparently).

If I can find the document that details this i'll post it.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 08 11:31 am
by Siva
Not much of a dent in their annual turnover.