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Ouch! Microsoft fined $1.35 BILLION by the European Union for anticompetitive practices

February 27, 2008

The fine of 899 million euros is for Microsoft’s failure to comply with a 2004 ruling and the “unreasonable” prices Microsoft charged developers for the information they needed to make software compatible with Microsoft products. Now the question: will Microsoft just pay up and go on with business as usual, or will it open up?

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Microsoft announces “new interoperability;” EU calls bullshit

February 22, 2008

Today Microsoft announced a “new interoperability.” Microsoft promised, among other things, to open up cooperation with open source software, including distributing its APIs for its software and allowing open-source project to use them without fear of lawsuits. It already released its Office binary formats. The European Union, however, is investigating Microsoft for antitrust violations and [...]

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