Shining chrome

6 March 2013 By Robert Cyran Follow @rob_cyran

European regulators have fined the U.S. software giant yet another $731 mln for anticompetitive behavior, this time for not giving users a choice of browsers, as agreed. Neither Microsoft nor the EU acted on the offense too swiftly. Rivals, however, moved much more aggressively.

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European Union regulators fined Microsoft 561 million euros ($731 million) on March 6 for failing to abide by a commitment it made in 2009 to offer users a choice in computer browsers. Between 2011 and 2012, 28 million users were not given a choice, according to Microsoft.
The European Union has fined Microsoft 2.2 billion euros over the past decade for anticompetitive behavior.
Microsoft said in a statement: “We take full responsibility for the technical error that caused this problem and have apologized for it.”

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