An EU committee ruled on Monday that Microsoft failed to comply with a landmark antitrust decision, paving the way for fines of up to 2 million euros ($2.56 million) a day, a source familiar with the situation said.
Sources had previously told Reuters that the advisory committee would decide against the U.S. software group and that another meeting was scheduled to take place on July 10 to decide the size of the fine.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.
Another studio has held layoffs, this time its Humble Games letting go of its entire QA team according to social media posts.
They will rehire cheaper labor during the restructuring. The stupid thing is that they are struggling and the first thing they do is lower the quality.
goodluck
"Microsoft is dedicating massive resources to ensure we meet the aggressive schedule and high quality standard set by ... the Commission in this process," Microsoft said on Monday. The Commission declined to comment.
cmon MS, if you guys owe it, pay your debts!!
Cry me a river... antitrust laws are the reason why our internet connection is not 100Mbits, windows have viruses, cars don't run on water, and pretty much slows and will continue to slow how fast we advance technologically. How is antitrust helping the consumer? i.e. How is blocking Microsoft from integrating an antivirus into their OS so other companies can sell theirs benefit the consumer? I can only imagine how technologically advance we would be if we didn’t have these stupid laws.
they (ms) should just not sell windows in europe. not support it in europe. and let those greedy EU pricks use linux. then they can cry all they want.