L 'Antitrust EU fined Microsoft a new penalty by 899 million, accusing the computer giant that he continued to abuse its dominant position even after the condemnation of the EU Commission in March 2004, gia' cost 'to Group Bill Gates SuperMulti a 497 million euro, of course, even though the jumps SuperMulti the eye, no one knows what Microsoft has yielded to the violation in question. But given that the 'company of Bill Gates is not a clique of unwary think have done well their calculations.
Brussels accuses the companies' Use of non-compliance with the obligations stated in its decision of March 2004 within the deadline of 22 October 2007, continuing to impose "unreasonable and excessive prices" for access to its computer records in order to make more ' difficult dialogue between their systems and those of competing groups. In detail, the decision of the EU Commission in March of 2004, upheld by the Court of First Instance of the EU in September 2007, accusing Microsoft of "failing to disclose the necessary interface documentation which would allow working groups of other companies' to ensure, at reasonable prices, full interoperability 'with the Windows system. " For this reason, the computer giant was fined with 497 million euros. Despite this', according to EU Antitrust, Microsoft has continued to provide licenses for access to interoperability information 'without complying with the criteria set by Brussels, which recommended the establishment of "reasonable price". In fact - according to the EU Commission - the U.S. has continued to make very difficult if not impossible, for the purchase of such information by the groups, making it more 'problematic that the dialogue between Microsoft and those of other groups information. 'It is the first time in 50 years that the EU Commission imposed a fine for failure to comply with an antitrust decision, "said EU competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, who hopes as today's decision" to close a page of black Microsoft files. ABOUT U.S.: IL PROBLEMA E 'GIA' RESOLVED 'The European Commission last October announced that Microsoft was in full compliance with the decision of 2004: This fine is then passed to an issue that' has been resolved. " This replication of the U.S. today announced the sanction from Brussels. In a footnote, Microsoft notes that "as demonstrated last week with the new principles of interoperability 'and specific actions designed to increase the openness of our products, now we are focusing on steps that in the future to further improve the situation."
Source: ANSA