Microsoft's €899M non-compliance penalty, cut to €860M
€860M
≈ $929M at the time
European Commission
EU · 2008
Status: Reduced
What happened
The Commission penalised Microsoft for charging unreasonable royalties for the interoperability information required by the 2004 decision. On appeal the penalty was trimmed to €860M.
How it affected users
Rivals continued to face barriers to building software that worked well with Windows.
Status timeline
Feb 27, 2008
€899M penalty imposed for unreasonable interoperability royalties.
Effective amount: ≈ $971M
Jun 27, 2012
Slightly reduced to €860M by the EU General Court.
Effective amount: ≈ $929M
Sources
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "Microsoft's €899M non-compliance penalty, cut to €860M," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2008-02-27. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/microsoft-eu-noncompliance-2008/