Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Europe vs. Microsoft

The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion Wednesday for the amount it charges rivals for software information.

EU regulators said the company charged "unreasonable prices" until last October to software developers who wanted to make products compatible with the Windows desktop operating system.

- AP/ajc (link here)

A billion here, and a billion there, and pretty soon you are talking about real money. [with apologies to Everett Dirksen]

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