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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 29 June 2006 16:34 \__
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>> Handover Phist <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Mark Kent :
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>>>> arachnid <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> The inquirer's a gossip rag, usually right but occasionally wrong so
>>>>> take this with a grain of salt:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32686
>>>>>
>>>>> By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 28 June 2006, 07:37
>>>>>
>>>>> THE EUROPEAN Commission has said that it has had a guts full of
>>>>> Microsoft's procrastination over the implementation of its 2004
>>>>> antitrust decision and is set to fine the outfit £1.4 million a
>>>>> day.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> A draft ruling will be presented to national competition
>>>>> authorities on Monday, while an official ruling is expected on
>>>>> 12 July.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've seen hints of this elsewhere. I don't imagine MS will pay, though,
>>>> and I suspect that they'll go to the US government to try to put
>>>> pressure on the EU that way.
>>>>
>>>> The fine money could go a long way to covering this month's EU
>>>> commisioner's expenses bill, though... :-)
>>>
>>> I did my own analysis here:
>>>
> http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20060627_the_europe_question.phtml
>>>
>>
>> Can't seem to get that here at the moment.
>
> Works fine over here. Good read, so thanks for the link.
>
Yeah - got there this time. The arithmetical analysis is interesting -
it's something like I expected to see - not a huge problem for MS even
if they do end up paying it.
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