EU Sanctions Against Microsoft Are Inevitable

After an unanimous decision from EU antitrust regulators against Microsoft, The European Union's Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has confirmed that there is no way out for the Redmond Company. All the software giant can do is waiting as the clock ticks irremediably closer to the 12th July, the date when the actual value of the fine will be announced.

"I can't inform you about that," was the sole comment of Neelie Kroes when asked details about the fine. But although such a comment was unavailable, it is a certainty that the EU regulators will vote for the maximum possible financial penalty for Microsoft. The Redmond Company was repeatedly threaten with fines of 2 million dollars per day if it would fail to disclose the inner workings of Windows' server software protocols to all software manufacturers in compliance with an EU antitrust decision dating back to 2004.

Microsoft has complained that the company was treated as a criminal, and put forward the argument that it had already issued six out of the seven protocol documentation installments required of them by the EU regulators, and that the final one will be released on July 18th.

The European Union's Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes will hear nothing of the sort: "I couldn't imagine another way," she stated when asked if a workaround could be possible. Therefore Microsoft is only 6 days away of a 414$ million fine.