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Re: [News] Microsoft Comes Under New Attack by EU, Could Face More Multimillion Daily Fines

__/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 01 March 2007 23:31 \__

> On Thursday 01 March 2007 22:17 Rafael wrote:
> 
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> Europe Threatens New Microsoft Fines
>>> 
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The European Union escalated its trans-Atlantic fight with Microsoft
>>> | Corp. on Thursday, threatening new multimillion fines against the
>>> | software maker over claims it is asking rivals to pay too much
>>> | for information that would help their servers work with Windows.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070301/eu_microsoft.html?.v=5
>> 
>> This statement is interesting:
>> 
>> | In a so-called "statement of objections" released Thursday, the EU's
>> | executive Commission rejected 1,500 pages of documents Microsoft
>> | submitted to back up its pricing.
>> 
>> Why does it take killing a couple trees to make a pricing justification
>> statement?
> 
> "Never mind the quality, feel the width"?

I don't think that statement would impress Miss Kroes.

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