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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: piratePenguin on 22 December 2005, 17:17

Title: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: piratePenguin on 22 December 2005, 17:17

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The European Commission has threatened to fine Microsoft up to 2m euros (

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: Annorax on 22 December 2005, 17:19

We all know that Microsoft will simply tell the EU courts to fuck off. It's not like the EU can seize assets that aren't in EU countries...

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: piratePenguin on 22 December 2005, 17:41

Quote from: Annorax

We all know that Microsoft will simply tell the EU courts to fuck off. It's not like the EU can seize assets that aren't in EU countries...

They've got plenty of assets right here in Ireland.

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: solemnwarning on 22 December 2005, 18:15

w00t! $EU++;

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: piratePenguin on 22 December 2005, 18:33

Quote from: Annorax

We all know that Microsoft will simply tell the EU courts to fuck off. It's not like the EU can seize assets that aren't in EU countries...

If Microsoft did tell the EU courts to fuck off, would the EU actually be able to kick Microsoft out (of Ireland (their EU HQ is in Dublin))? I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't want that. They'd have to export to EU countries from the USA, and AFAIK they'd be taxed alot for that.

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 22 December 2005, 19:18

Even better the EU could ban all MS inports so they'd be totally fucked.

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: WMD on 22 December 2005, 20:14

Not even Microsoft could afford a long-term $2.4 million a day fine.  Even if they could, the shareholders would not be happy.  "Not happy" is putting it lightly.

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 6 January 2006, 19:24

They should do that here in the US too ... ok that will never happen :(

Title: Re: Microsoft may face daily EU fine
Post by: Refalm on 8 January 2006, 17:00

Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H

They should do that here in the US too ... ok that will never happen :(

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