Microsoft meets key EU antitrust deadline
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
European Union regulators today started analyzing Microsoft's proposal to comply with an antitrust ruling involving its Windows platform and will seek advice from the software maker's rivals before deciding whether to impose additional fines against the company.
If the European Union deems the proposal insufficient, it might slap heavy sanctions on the company of up to 5 percent of its daily global sales.
"It will probably take us a few weeks to carry out this analysis," said EU spokesman Jonathan Todd. "We will have to cross-check it with the market participants and look at everything in depth."