Microsoft's Fine Is $612 Million
Updated from 7:22 a.m. EST
Microsoft(MSFT Quote) was hit with a $612 million fine and ordered to come up with a version of Windows that doesn't include its media player under a penalty imposed Wednesday in Europe for monopolist trade practices. The Redmond, Wash., company must also release programming code that will allow Windows computers to run better with other companies' servers.
The ruling was immediately hailed by two of the software maker's biggest rivals: Sun Microsystems(SUNW Quote), which believes Microsoft has horded source code to keep other players out of the server market; and RealNetworks(RNWK Quote), which thinks the bundling of Microsoft's media player with Windows threatens to marginalize its own sound and video software. ...
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