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Microsoft tells EU court $1.36 billion fine too steep

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Ars Technica writes: "The Microsoft-European Union antitrust dust-up has been going on for quite some time. The saga continues, as Microsoft has submitted a filing to the EU Court of First Instance detailing why the most recent fine imposed by the EU $1.36 billion, and which the company has already appealed, is too high.

According to the EU, the fine was set because Microsoft charged a royalty rate of 0.7 percent for each developed product from June 21, 2006 to October 21, 2007 that made use of the company's interoperability protocols. The problem, according to the EU? You guessed it: the royalty rate was too high."
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Omegasyde - 531 days 3 hours ago
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Tsk too steep?

LoL like a penny in a bucket too steep?

Or Getting just the regular size instead of supersize for 40 cents more cheap?

It shouldn't be fair for a billionaire to get the same fine in accordance to a middle-class man.

A 200$ fine won't teach the rich man a lesson, and he will go drinking and driving until he gets his last fine (or death). Same goes for taxes.
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Isaac - 531 days ago
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2 - The price for an Xbox is also too steep
Considering there is a "risk" involved ;)
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Omegasyde - 530 days 23 hours ago
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150$ for the hardware, 150$ for the "free" 3-year warranty.

Duh. :)
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crck - 530 days 23 hours ago
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3 - I wonder where that fine money will go?
Back to the companies that paid the "high" royalty rates? I doubt it. I don't particularly like MS but this is just a shake down by the EU. But MS should be use to it by now. Any time any government needs money they just sue MS. Just write it off as the cost of doing business in those countries I guess.
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MazzingerZ - 530 days 19 hours ago
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yeah, I guess Europe needs a lot of cash LOL... MSFT is a monopoly and EU is against that.

Actually the EU's conumer protection comission sent a letter to MSFT "asking" them to replace all the X360 in Europe due to obvious HW failures detected by them in the console...a couple of months after that MSFT announced the 3 years ext. warranty...magically, the EU pulled back its request....I guess that's the best deal MSFT could get.
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Testo - 530 days 15 hours ago
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"Any time any government needs money they just sue MS. Just write it off as the cost of doing business in those countries I guess.

Yeah that makes sense, we need money so sue Microsoft. It has nothing to do with any actual law.
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f789790 - 530 days 7 hours ago
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5 - If it wasnt for the lawsuits
Microsoft would probably rule the world by now.

Just kidding but you never know......
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