EU Threatens Microsoft with More Fines

The BBC and AFP are reporting today that the EU has grown impatient with Microsoft's attempt to abide by sanctions imposed in its historic ruling last March.

"We remain confident that they will take the necessary steps to remain in line with the commision position," said Jonathan Todd, spokesman for EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes.

But he reiterated that, if Bill Gates software titan did not comply, the EU had the right to start imposing daily fines of up to five percent of the company's global turnover.

Among the complaints, competitors allege Microsoft's WSPP program is discriminatory and the proposed royalties are unjustifiably overpriced.

The saga continues...