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On May nine,Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, Microsoft asked a European court to overturn a $1.four billion good imposed by the European Commission for Microsoft;s alleged failure to comply with an antitrust ruling from the company.The fine (initially tallied at about $1.three billion) — on top of the $1.2 billion the Commission had already charged Microsoft — was for failing to provide competitors access to its protocols at a reasonable price,Windows 7 Discount, enabling them to build compatible solutions.Microsoft tried,Office Pro, to no avail,microsoft Office 2010 keygen, to head off the newest very good by announcing a set of Interoperability Principles a few days before the court announced its decision to slap Microsoft with an additional fine.Since the late February announcement of the new very good,Office Standard 2010 Key, Microsoft has been publishing to the Web the full Windows Server protocol and communication protocol interoperability documentation that the EC had requested in 2004.I;d argue that without the EC;s continual prodding, Microsoft still would not have published all of the documentation required for its competitors and partners to develop products that can plug into Windows. It;s unfortunate it took yet another $1.4 billion to get Microsoft to comply.Do you think Microsoft will win its appeal? Why/why not?