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Old 02-27-2008, 09:00 AM
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Re: microsoft fined 1.3 billion

wheelman wrote:
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> for all of uncle bill gates dirty dealings and screwing us over on this
> defective os/vista..i wish he would loose all of his billions and go belly
> up..would not bother me at all..i wish we could get in on that class
> action law suit..thats been oked...this os/vista,has gone for five months
> of updates and i guess more to come..[/color]

Microsoft certainly won't go belly up with this fine, but it's interesting
that ...

"The fine is the largest ever for a single company and the first time the EU
has penalized a business for failing to obey an antitrust order."

[url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080227.weumicrosoft0227/BNStory/Technology/home[/url]

Cheers.

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Old 02-27-2008, 09:00 AM