Microsoft Fined 730 Million Dollars

The European Commission impose a financial penalty verdict 730 million dollars or $ 7 trillion over the Microsoft. That is because Microsoft has failed to provide 15 million people in the client's preferred Internet browser service, especially for those who use Windows 7 in the period May 2011 to July 2012.

Earlier in the year 2009 the European Commission has asked Microsoft to provide the option of an Internet browser for its users to 2014, due to the many clients who complain can not surf using their brand commercial products. "Failure to fulfill obligations in trade agreements is a serious offense, that's why there should be sanctions," said a commissioner Joaquin Almunia EU competition

Under EU law, companies that violate the provisions or agreement on trade competition could be fined up to 10 percent of the value of sales per tahun.Pada in 2012, Microsoft reported a total sales of just under 74 billion dollars. Largest fine ever imposed by the EU is a fine to the company Intel in 2009, in which the amount of money that must be paid is 1.06 billion euros, or about Rp12, 7 trillion.

Responding to the verdict, in a press statement quoted Theverge recently, Microsoft said, "We take full responsibility and apologize for the technical errors that have occurred. Going forward we will take corrective measures to avoid similar mistakes in the future. "

Penalties of fines from the European Commission is not the first time that Microsoft faced. Recorded in 2008, a fine of 899 million euros verdicts ever handed down, because Microsoft is failing to comply with share product information to competitors. But the figure imposed fines lowered to 860 million euros.