Was Microsoft's EU fine too much? One economics professor says, "Yes"

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zumnupy10 said:

On Wednesday, the European Union's antitrust regulators in the European Commission fined Microsoft 561 million euros, or $732 million, due to Microsoft's violations of a 2009 anti-trust agreement with the EU. Microsoft admitted that a number of Windows 7-based PCs did not display the required web browser download ballot in Europe from 2011 to 2012, as required by the agreement with the EU. Microsoft said it was a software mistake and fixed it once it was discovered.

This requirement shouldn't exist to begin with.  

I agree, it is not like they were charging for IE or preventing people from installing other browsers. The article states that appromiately 10% of Win 7 PCs in that market was affected. That is a ridiculous fine.