Microsoft finally concedes EU antitrust ruling
 

*Source: PC Pro (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/132101/m...-ruling.html)*
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Microsoft has relented to the European Commission's antitrust decision against it, agreeing to three charges which will finally bring it into compliance with the 2004 ruling.

Among the concessions, Microsoft has agreed to supply open source vendors with information on its operating systems to ensure future interoperability, while reducing the royalties payable for this information to a one-off payment of €10 000.

The software giant has also agreed to reduce royalties for its worldwide licences including patents from 5.95% to 0.4%, less than 7% of the royalty originally claimed by the company.

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