EU Fines Microsoft €561 Million ($731m)

By | March 6, 2013


EU Fines Microsoft €561 Million ($731m)Just a fraction of rumored $7.4 billion.

Now here is something that will finally come to an end, according to Europa Press, Microsoft was fined $731 million by EU for breaking the browser ballot agreement that was signed back in 2009.

The good news, at least for Microsoft, is that the fine is far smaller than some might have expected as it was supposed to be as high as $7.4 billion or a 10% of the annual turnover. According to a report, one of the main catalysts behind what it seems to be a small fine was a cooperation from Microsoft.


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Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.

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  1. IE User says:
    March 6, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Since IE is no more monopoly, they should just remove this mandate. Instead, EU should spend time on migrating their IE6 users to latest version.

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