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Microsoft was once again back in court on Tuesday to appeal against a 899 million fine imposed by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2008 after a decade of...



From PCWorld:
The fine, a record high at the time, came after the software giant ignored the European Commission's ruling that it was abusing its dominant market position and ordered it to release server interoperability information that would allow workgroup server products to work with computers running its software.

The company had previously been fined €497 in 2004 for the antitrust abuse. The additional €899 million was for non-compliance. But Microsoft believes this fine was undeserved and launched an appeal.
  Microsoft Back in Court to Appeal Against EU Antitrust Fine