Hello

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Microsoft hit by record EU fine  (Read 579 times)

Offline fastson
  • Keyser Söze
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7080
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
Microsoft hit by record EU fine
« on: March 24, 2004, 03:34:51 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3563697.stm

Quote
Software giant Microsoft must pay a fine of 497m euros ($613m; £331m) for abusing its dominant market position, the EU has ordered.


Not that it hurts Microsoft. ;)
Logged
\"Behold, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed\"
-Axel Oxenstierna 1648
Offline Capcom
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 921
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
Microsoft hit by record EU fine
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2004, 04:03:58 AM »
Only in Europe. I must say though. I find it hard to believe that any company with that much userbase is not going to pretty much dominate everything. Not taking up for MS.
Logged
Offline THX
  • nigstick
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 8158
  • Karma: +10/-0
Microsoft hit by record EU fine
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2004, 04:24:56 AM »
$613m is nothing considering Bill Gates prolly has liike a hundred dollars!
Logged

\"i thought america alreay had been in the usa??? i know it was in australia and stuff.\" -koppy *MEMBER KOPKING FANCLUB*
\"I thought japaneses where less idiot than americans....\" -Adan
\"When we can press a button to transport our poops from our colon to the toilet, I\'ll be impressed.\" -Gman
Offline fastson
  • Keyser Söze
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7080
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
Microsoft hit by record EU fine
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2004, 04:49:39 AM »
Wasn’t Microsoft facing something similar in the US, but it was about Internet Explorer?

What happened?
Logged
\"Behold, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed\"
-Axel Oxenstierna 1648
Offline mm
  • clyde\'s boss
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 15576
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
Microsoft hit by record EU fine
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2004, 04:56:36 AM »
nothing happened

mr. gates made some major contributions to political re-election compaigns and that was it
Logged
\"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.\" - Clemenza
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk