:shoot3: :shoot2: Looks like Europe is not very happy with microsoft Claiming that Microsoft should release a version of winodws not bundeled with Windows Media player. 617 million dollar lawsuit
The fine, Rosoff noted, is less than the $750 million that Microsoft agreed to pay Aol-timewarner lawsuit (now renamed Time Warner) last year to settle that company's private antitrust suit.
Saying that Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly power is "ongoing," the European Commission--the executive branch of the European Union--said that it will seek to have Microsoft reveal the technical details necessary for Microsoft's competitors in low-end servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers. As for Windows Media Player, the commission said that either that software should be unbundled from Windows or Microsoft should be forced to bundle competitors' media players as well.
:snip: :hammer: Heads will roll.
The fine, Rosoff noted, is less than the $750 million that Microsoft agreed to pay Aol-timewarner lawsuit (now renamed Time Warner) last year to settle that company's private antitrust suit.
Saying that Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly power is "ongoing," the European Commission--the executive branch of the European Union--said that it will seek to have Microsoft reveal the technical details necessary for Microsoft's competitors in low-end servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers. As for Windows Media Player, the commission said that either that software should be unbundled from Windows or Microsoft should be forced to bundle competitors' media players as well.
:snip: :hammer: Heads will roll.
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