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The EU Just Won't Let Go

While Microsoft antitrust issues in the U.S. are mostly an annoyance, in Europe they are an unrelenting migraine. The European Union has been trying to get Microsoft to fully open its communications protocols and make them available to third parties and competitors. Now, the beef seems to be over how much these protocols are worth. The EU wants them to be free, while Microsoft argues that it charges far below what other companies charge for similar technology.

Fines of up to $4 million a day are possible. A few months of that could add up to real money!

Posted by Doug Barney on March 06, 2007

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