Antitrust Deja Vu: EU threatens more Microsoft fines
WinInfo | at | by Mike
It seems that Microsoft will never be able to satisfy European Union (EU) antitrust regulators. Yesterday, representatives of the European Commission (EC) once again complained that the software giant's response to its 2004 antitrust ruling was inadequate, and raised the possibility that Microsoft would face further fines.
This issue has been dragging on for so long, it's hard to even keep the details straight. The short version goes like this: In March 2004--about three years ago--the EC found that Microsoft had violated various EU antitrust laws; the commission fined Microsoft approximately $630 million and ordered the company to make several changes. One of these changes required Microsoft to create a set of documentation that would help licensees create software that could interoperate with its Windows Server products.