Microsoft defends itself at EU antitrust hearings
30/03/2006 - 08:44:03Microsoft lawyers today said the US software giant had lived up to European Union antitrust demands at the start of a two-day hearing with EU regulators in an attempt to avoid new fines.
Company lawyer Brad Smith, arriving at the Brussels hearing, said fines were “not the answer”, adding that Microsoft had gone beyond complying with the EU’s 2004 antitrust ruling that ordered it to share information with other software firms.
The EU has threatened to fine the company €2m a day backdated to December 15, saying the technical manual it provided that month needed a radical overhaul to make it usable.
It will decide after the hearing whether to go ahead with the fines.
