Friday, December 23, 2005

"Microsoft lashes out at European Commission"

According to an article signed by Jeremy Kirk (IDG news service) in today's edition of Techworld.com, "Microsoft's top lawyer has sharply criticised the European Commission, accusing the organisation of moving the goal-post when the company tries to comply with the March 2004 anti-trust decision.
The unusually strong, five-paragraph response came from Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, about two hours after a Commission spokesman accused the company of failing to comply with its directive on workgroup server interoperability. The Commission gave Microsoft five weeks to comply or face daily fines of €2 million (US$2.4 million)."

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