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Last week spoke EU-commissioner Nellie Frizz yet imminent language about Microsoft, but now appears it on it that the softwaregiant really something more time gets hearing to give at the European punishment measures. Normal tonight midnight ends spoken for MS the deadline.

In the periodical Business Soak falls to read that a fast decision of the Commission incredibly is. For the end of July there no pronunciation comes about a new fine for Microsoft, according to a through the periodical quoted Commission-spokesman.

Nonetheless is Microsoft from morning strictly taken in violation of the judgment that the Commission last year pronounced. When Europe judged that the softwaregiant monopolistic behavior shown had and put in must therefore a number of corrections. Next to the paying of a record fine of 497 million Euros, must Microsoft technical data about a network protocol released and bring a version of Windows without Windows Media Player on the market.

That last one is happened not yet, through which the business in violation is with the opgelegde deadline of 1 June. Last week let Mug understand that Microsoft for this had to turn up, possibly in the form of an additional fine. In the article of Business, the Commission shows Soak self now a little more generous - possible the result of the forced through burden-minute negotiations between MS and the EU. Pace against end of July will spoken become there about an additional punishment.