European antitrust regulators are set to announce Tuesday whether they will block Oracle's hostile takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft.
Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents.
Antitrust regulators from the European Union's 25 countries voted unanimously on Monday to levy new daily fines on Microsoft for flouting a 2004 ruling, two people close to the case said.
The judge presiding over Microsoft's appeal of the European Commission's antitrust decision has called the software behemoth's lawyers back for an 'informal hearing'.
The European Commission issued Microsoft a warning on Thursday that it could face a retroactive fine of up to US$2.37 million a day for failing to comply with its antitrust order, based on its preliminary review.
Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
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