Microsoft is the current ATM machine for EU, but a new ATM is in pipeline i,e, Goooooooooooogle. Just looking forward the next chapter of this so called "anti-competitiveness saga"...
On Feb 28, 9:35 am, "Hempal Shrestha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a news from News update from Veni Markovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not > sure, even this opens some eyes or not, The news got attention from BBC > also. > > Best > > HS > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > A good news came just few minutes ago from Brussels: The European > Commission has fined Microsoft with record-high Euro 899,000,000 > (correct - 899 million)! > > The European Commission has imposed a penalty payment of Euro 899 > million on Microsoft for non-compliance with its obligations under > the Commission's March 2004 Decision (see IP/04/382) prior to 22 > October 2007. Today's Decision, adopted under Article 24(2) of > Regulation 1/2003, finds that, prior to 22 October 2007, Microsoft > had charged unreasonable prices for access to interface documentation > for work group servers. > > "Microsoft was the first company in fifty years of EU competition > policy that the Commission has had to fine for failure to comply with > an antitrust decision", said European Competition Commissioner > <http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fec.europa...>Neelie > > Kroes. "I hope that today's Decision closes a dark chapter in > Microsoft's record of non-compliance with the Commission's March 2004 > Decision and that the principles confirmed by the Court of First > Instance ruling of September 2007 will govern Microsoft's future conduct". > > http://blog.veni.com/?p=450 > > best, > Veni > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
