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>> Microsoft Appeals ?899M Fine
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>> | After pressing further, based on a different statement given to Reuters,
>> | I got acknowledgement that Microsoft has filed an "application to annul"
>> | the fine. I guess the drama with the Competition Commission is far from
>> | over. But Microsoft wants closure on one act. The company's appeal is
>> | more than about money. Microsoft is seeking a precedent that could
>> | forestall future fines related to protocol disclosure.
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>> http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate
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> Like all of micoshaft lawyer driven dirty tricks campaigns,
> the EU should make it clear that
> if the case book has to be re-opened, then micoshaft's fine should
> double if the appeal is found against them yet again,
> and this is conditional that all the outstanding fines are paid
> beforehand.
They probably just try to stall further action. There are already too many
probes into too many of their recent crimes. I'd give examples if necessary.
Microsoft is using bureaucracy to overburden the courts again.
The EU has a few weeks left to decide on a government-level Microsoft embargo,
which was proposed by a German diplomat. Convicted monopolists are not ones to
do business with.
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