Microsoft faces a fine of nearly 4 million USD / day

The EU antitrust agency has just issued a deadline for Microsoft next Thursday to comply with regulations providing relevant information about the software system, otherwise it will face a fine of nearly $ 3.85 million. day.

According to the president of the EU antitrust agency, Ms. Neelie Kroes, Microsoft has only one more week (thanks to Thanksgiving) to comply with the above regulations, thereby providing relevant information about Windows operating system. for competitors who sued the company.

In an interview with the Guardian, Neelie Kroes said she was tired of waiting for Microsoft to meet her requirements. " It is not that I live forever in this world to be able to wait for them, " annoyed Mrs. Neelie Kroes.

It is still Mrs. Neelie Kroes: " I would be unhappy if someone said 90% of the information was ready while we needed 100%. It was like a trouser, and part of it was lack . In my opinion, this information should have been completed two months ago, not until now . "

Microsoft itself has pursued a long-running legal battle with the EU. Just last month, the world's largest software company pledged to the EC to make changes to the Vista operating system to avoid monopoly problems.

Earlier, in 2004, the EC had sufficient evidence to conclude that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws when integrating music software into Windows by default. The EC then forced Microsoft to remove Windows Media Player from its operating systems when sold in the European market.

After that, the EC fined Microsoft a record amount of € 497 million. In July, EU lawmakers fined Microsoft 280.5 million euros for delaying the implementation of the terms offered by the agency, requiring Microsoft to share information about the system. owner with rival firms.