Microsoft scrambles to meet EU demands
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Faced with a series of tough deadlines, one group on Microsoft's Redmond campus has been working until all hours -- but not on anything so normal as the new Windows or Office.
The ad hoc team of 300 people is creating volumes of technical documents required by the European Commission's March 2004 antitrust decision. The project will be in the spotlight this week, with the commission poised to fine the company up to $2.5 million a day, dating back months, for what it calls Microsoft's failure to comply with the ruling.