On Wednesday, the European Commission fined Microsoft €280.5 million (US$357 million) for failing to comply with the terms of a March 2004 antitrust judgment against it but the software maker's Japanese unit said it won’t dampen their spirits and the schedule of Windows Vista won’t be affected.The fine was imposed to punish Microsoft for failing to provide non Windows competitors with technical details of communication protocols used by its server products in a timely manner.
"What the EU wanted was not that specific until April. We agreed to a set of milestones and we're hitting those milestones but the last milestone is a week or so away," said Darren Huston, president and chief executive officer of Microsoft's Japanese unit, Microsoft Co. Ltd.
EU Fine Won’t Affect Windows Vista Launch source
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