EU likely to fine Intel for anti-competitive behavior

[heruamon]

NJ5 said:

heruamon said:

 

You might be right, and Intel'sdays are numbered...btw...has M$ paid their fine yet?

Intel will be fine, these fines are nowhere near enough to bankrupt them.

I think after a few years MS stopped appealing the fine, so they may have paid it already:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/22/microsoft_europe_agreement/

 

M$ has not paid the latest fine...yet...but With M$, Intl and Apple all in the sights of EU regulators...I see a bit of a trend...if you execute well, you become a target of EU regulators. They are now investigating Internet Explorer, because it comes with Windows...and that's not fair to competition...how freaking lame is that...seems like EU is using these US tech gaints as a nice little piggy bank to slap an extra tax on them. I'm sure Billions of $$$ in fines can go a long way to paying the bills for the EU...while protecting those vunerable EU citizens of course. BTW, does anybody know what happens to drug money when it is seized?