Microsoft fined record $1.35 billion in EU
Posted on February 29, 2008 at 7:55 am.
Filed Under Technology |
This was the biggest fine ever imposed on a company. This is a penalty for defied a 2004 order from Brussels to provide the information on reasonable terms. The Commission said in a landmark 2004 ruling, that Microsoft had withheld needed interoperability information for “work group server” software. Even after the 2004 decision and a 497-million euro fine Microsoft is giving incomplete documentation and charging high royalties.
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