Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Slashdot | EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially

Slashdot | EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially: "'As reported by CNN.com, the European Union has hit Microsoft with a record US$613 million fine after a five-year investigation, finding the company guilty of abusing the 'near-monopoly' of the Windows operating system. Microsoft has been given 90 days to make a European version of Windows available without a media player and 120 days to give programming codes to rivals in the server market to allow 'full interoperability' with desktops running Windows. Microsoft plans to appeal the decision.'"

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