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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6998272.stm "Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute. The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position. A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media players. Microsoft has two months to appeal at the European Court of Justice." So that's a given then. How much longer can the lawyers drag this out? Come on MS, £343m is peanuts - Bill probably has that much down the back of the sofa. When the NHS has just spent £5bn on a Windows-based authentication system that cannot cope with the existing (pilot-stage) demand of maybe 0.5% of the expected workload, £343m is truly inconsequential. :-( -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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