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  • Europe rejects Microsoft's licence offer

    The server interoperability licence proposed by Microsoft treats open source vendors unfairly and has unreasonably high royalties, according to the EC .

  • EC to decide Microsoft's fate by mid-July

    The European Commission may take until the middle of July to decide whether to impose on Microsoft a daily fine of 2 million euros, about US$2.6 million.

  • Microsoft antitrust decision on ice

    The European Commission will not make a decision on whether Microsoft has complied with its antitrust ruling until September, an EC spokesman said on Friday.

  • Microsoft's antitrust concessions are 'pointless'

    A firm involved in the market testing of Microsoft's server interoperability licence on Wednesday criticised the royalty-free concessions the software giant made in its final offer to the European Union.

  • Europe threatens Microsoft with daily fines

    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.

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