Microsoft Should Tell the EU to Stuff It
According to published reports, Microsoft is appealing a ludicrous $1.3 billion fine for failing to comply with an anti-trust ruling laid down in the EU.
It seems to me that all this was taken care of by the U.S. justice system, and this EU activity is a way to gouge an American company. Hence, Microsoft has refused to pay. The EU routinely goes after strong American companies that dominate the scene world-wide. This has recently included IBM, Intel, and Google.
For one thing, the Europeans don't see why they can't do better than these American firms. After all, how hard could it actually be to develop a search engine? It's child's play. Thus, the Google dominance must have to do with onerous business practices. Whatever the case, the EU seems to think "let's find fault and stick them with a big fine if we can." Of course, Microsoft's current situation is not helped by the fact that it claimed unfair Google competition to the same EU body that now wants Microsoft to pay up.
