EU waves new fines in face of Microsoft

[Henk op xp]

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*EU waves new fines in face of Microsoft*

*By RAF CASERT*
/The Associated Press/

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union escalated its trans-Atlantic 
fight with Microsoft on Thursday, threatening new multimillion-dollar 
fines against the software maker over claims it is asking rivals to pay 
too much for information that would help their servers work with Windows.

Microsoft countered that the treatment it received from the EU is 
unprecedented and harmed Europe's efforts to become a thriving high-tech 
economy.

The EU said the software maker could face daily fines as high as 3 
million euros ($4 million), and accused Microsoft of protecting its own 
interests by setting unreasonable prices for the "complete and accurate" 
documentation that rivals would need to build products that interoperate 
with Windows PCs and servers.

In a "statement of objections" released Thursday, the EU's executive 
commission rejected 1,500 pages of documents Microsoft submitted to back 
up its pricing.

"I am therefore again obliged to take formal measures to ensure that 
Microsoft complies with its obligations," EU Antitrust Commissioner 
Neelie Kroes said in a statement.

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Hoe lang kan/mag M$ nog blijven rekken ?

Iemand enig idee wat het de gemeenschap kost?
Hoe(zeer) het een blokkade vormt voor innovaties?

Henk Elegeert

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