EU investigating new complaint about Microsoft

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:55 am

"European Union regulators are "studying" a consumer complaint that Microsoft Corp. forces computer makers to sell machines that are preloaded with Windows, excluding other operating systems such as Linux."

I think I'll do a prayer before I go to bed tonight, for the EU to actually do something about this.

Shit, they're only steps away from fining Microsoft almost 2 BILLION dollars, for antitrust violations, and now this creeps in.

[PIPEDREEAM] Wouldn't it be awesome if Steve Balmer got so pissed off that he just said "NO MORE DOING BUSINESS IN EUROPE" and just paid everyone of the thier customers a million dollars to end contracts and then they were outta here.

[/PIPEDREEAM]

jsusanka · Post by **jsusanka** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:47 pm

man I hope the do something about that - there is no other industrty that allows this to go on - there should always be a choice - period.

Post by **Patrick** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:40 am

Sounds like fines are going to happen and worse they're being back dated. M$ could see an initial fine of 400 million Euros:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/1 ... 15qrq.html

schotty · Post by **schotty** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:52 pm

I just cant seem to shed a tear... Should I feel sad?

Post by **Patrick** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:51 am

$357 million fine dished out to M$ by the EU:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5171126.stm

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:15 am

Patrick wrote:$357 million fine dished out to M$ by the EU:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5171126.stm

And a whopping 600 million coming if they don't comply by July 31st.

jsusanka · Post by **jsusanka** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:31 am

"no company is above the law"

such a novel concept - now if America could only remember this.