[Fsfe-uk] Brussels blow to Microsoft upheld

[Paul Mobbs]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4117217.stm

Brussels blow to Microsoft upheld

BBC News Online
Wednesday, 22 December, 2004


A European court has turned down an appeal by Microsoft to delay hard-hitting 
sanctions from the European Commission.

The US software giant went to the European Court of First Instance to try to 
get the penalties for abuse of monopoly suspended.

Microsoft wanted to delay the opening up of aspects of its Windows software 
system to rivals, and a record EU fine.

The court dismissed Microsoft's plea "in its entirety".

Yet Microsoft said after the judgement that it remained confident of coming to 
an agreement with the Commission.

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