EU Prepared to Fine Microsoft $2.5 Million Per Day 659
Lord_Slepnir writes "The European Union is unsatisfied with Microsoft's compliance with their anti-trust compliance from 2004, and is preparing to fine them 2 million Euros ($2.5m US) per day until they comply. Under that ruling, Microsoft must open up parts of their operating system to competitors, and change how they bundle Media Player." From the article: "On Monday, Microsoft said it had begun to provide the information Brussels had demanded, but the Commission has signaled the company acted too late. In December, Brussels informed the software giant that it had failed to comply with the original ruling it issued in March 2004."
Oh noes! (Score:4, Funny)
How will they come up with enough change out of Bill Gates' couch to pay that daily?
They might have to pull directly from the company coffee fund!
Oh MEINE GOTT! At that rate.. (Score:4, Funny)
Dear EU, (Score:5, Funny)
Or, could we talk that fine thing over, maybe?
(it's fun to have a monopoly, ain't it?)
Re:Serious Question: (Score:2, Funny)
However; I'm right with you on that one. Though it'll most likely be spent on subsidies for Swiss and Luxembourg fishing fleets.
Re:It's only money... (Score:2, Funny)
Smithers! (Score:3, Funny)
Unpunished? Are you crazy? (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Microsoft, (Score:4, Funny)
Apparently you are not aware of our country's recent legislation addressing software license rules. In order for a software company to legally sell ANY software in our country, it will now be required to provide, free of charge, a number of fully licensed copies of said software to the government, that number to be determined by the government and revised at the government's discretion.
(Having a monopoly sure sounds like fun. But writing your own laws is even more fun, we think!)
Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shove it (Score:2, Funny)
Euromillions II (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spare the rod... (Score:3, Funny)
What a lovely irony if true