FAQ: What's ahead for Microsoft

Q: What exactly did the European Union say?

A: European regulators said that Microsoft broke EU law by abusing its "near monopoly" market power in the workgroup server and media player markets.

What does Microsoft have to do?

It must create a version of the Windows PC operating system that does not have the Media Player included and offer that to computer makers within 90 days. It also must create "complete and accurate documentation" within 120 days that will allow other companies" workgroup servers to be completely interoperable with Windows. It must pay a fine of about $613 million.

News source: C|Net News.com

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