nickull's Journal: Microsoft fined $1.4 billion (a record) by the EU

As reported by the BBC, Microsoft has drawn the ire of the European Union who have levied a fine against the Redmond Software giant for $1.4 billion USD (originally 899m Euros). The fine is based upon Microsoft defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behavior. Microsoft must now pay after a ruling it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it abused its position.