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EU fines Microsoft record $1.3 billion for charging rivals too much (Associated Press, February 27, 2008)

The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion on Wednesday for charging rivals too much for software information.

EU regulators said the company charged "unreasonable prices" until last October to software developers who wanted to make products compatible with the Windows desktop operating system.

Microsoft immediately said that these fines were about past issues that have been resolved and the company was now working under new principles to make its products more open.

It's revealing that Bill Gates is bailing out now that the company isn't being run as a criminal enterprise.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 27, 2008 7:52 AM