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News EU fines Microsoft £681.6m in antitrust case

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 27 Feb 2008
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  2. Jordan Wise

    Jordan Wise Baby called to see the boss...

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    where on earth did you get that picture?!
     
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  3. AlexB

    AlexB Web Nerd

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    That picture is very very offputting.
     
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  4. mmorgue

    mmorgue What's a Dremel?

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    At first I felt kind of bad that the fine was that high.... then I saw that picture and remember his "Developers Dance" routine and "feeling kind of bad" turned to "I just wanna slap him!"

    I mean, c'mon -- who doesn't?
     
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  5. Tim S

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    It's a face that only a mother could love.
     
    Tim S, 27 Feb 2008
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  6. Andune

    Andune What's a Dremel?

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    For some reason i dont like what the EC is doing to Microsoft...
    But hey, what do i know.
     
    Andune, 27 Feb 2008
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    p3n What's a Dremel?

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    *insert apple propaganda*
     
    p3n, 27 Feb 2008
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    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    It does kinda feel dirty, however they have had it coming, they were asked to comply they agreed then dragged there heels for as long as possible. I suspect this is don't **** with me type of fine. However projects like samba have already benefited from this so i suppose i can live with it.
     
    steveo_mcg, 27 Feb 2008
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  9. Major

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    They make that amount of money in about 20 minutes so they don't care....

    /Joke
     
    Major, 27 Feb 2008
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  10. ChaosDefinesOrder

    ChaosDefinesOrder Vapourmodder

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    hmm I wonder if this will help things w.r.t NTFS read/write reliability in Linux?
     
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  11. Tim S

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    That was the point I was trying to put across at the end - it's not as if that hurts a company that has an annual turnover of over $50 billion (and income around the $20 billion mark).
     
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    tis a meer sniff at the profits Microsoft has made from charging developers extortionet licensing fees
     
    hawky84, 27 Feb 2008
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    my eyes have been violated...again. I saw that picture and my crotch rapidly retracted and I felt like vomiting.
     
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    It sucks to be a monopoly...
     
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  15. pendragon

    pendragon I pickle they

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    what he said ^^^
     
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  16. impar

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    Greetings!

    European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes sure has the balls in the ight place! Even if she is a lady...

    And the fine could be of 1,5B€ instead of the 899M€, lets hope Microsoft learns the lesson.
     
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  17. pumpman

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    easy target, id sooner they looked at Banking and utility suppliers for instance
     
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  18. sui_winbolo

    sui_winbolo Giraffe_City

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    Ugh, Bit-Tech. For the love of God, please stop using that eye stabbing inducing picture.

    My dreams will once again be haunted with that face. :(
     
    sui_winbolo, 27 Feb 2008
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    Jesus, i was going to say the fine was harsh, bugger that it should have been higher!:jawdrop:
     
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  20. Andune

    Andune What's a Dremel?

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    I wonder what she does with all that money..

    Maybe she wanna turn the moon into a "Death Star"
    http://www.volkskrant.nl/multimedia/archive/00071/Eurocommissaris_Neel_71157b.jpg
     
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