Rivals tell Microsoft: You got what you deserved

Vikingod · Sep 18, 2007, 01:32 AM

Source: PC Per
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Microsoft's rivals have applauded an EU court's decision to uphold antitrust penalties against the software giant.

The company has been fined £343m and will be forced to release a version of Windows without Media Player, after its appeal was almost wholly rejected by the EU Court of First Instance.

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) says the court's verdict was long overdue. "Through tactics that successfully derailed antitrust processes in other parts of the world, including the United States, Microsoft has managed to postpone this day for almost a decade," says FSFE president, Georg Greve. "But thanks to the perseverance and excellent work of the European Commission, these tactics have now failed in Europe."

Sep 18, 2007, 01:32 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Rivals tell Microsoft: You got what you deserved Source: PC Per ____________ Microsoft's rivals have applauded an EU court's decision to uphold antitrust penalties against the software giant. The company has been fined £343m and will be forced to release a version of Windows without Media Player, after its appeal was almost wholly rejected by the EU Court of First Instance. The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) says the court's verdict was long overdue. "Through tactics that successfully derailed antitrust processes in other parts of the world, including the United States, Microsoft has managed to postpone this day for almost a decade," says FSFE president, Georg Greve. "But thanks to the perseverance and excellent work of the European Commission, these tactics have now failed in Europe."