Monday, October 22, 2007
Microsoft Agrees to Play By the Rules in Europe
In a victory for consumers world-wide, Microsoft finally says uncle and drops its' nine-year fight with European courts. Instead of charging almost 6% of company's revenue for access to MS codes that make other programs interoperable with MS, the company will now charge on 0.4%. The article notes that MS saw the negative publicity implications of challenging further and welcomes the chance to shift the legal spotlight to Google, Inc., and its acquisition of DoubleClick. The MS decision to give in should lead to more competition for computer applications and better prices for consumers. MS profit margins may come down, but the company obviously feels that the alternatives would be more expensive.
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