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Beijing of China News Service on December 17 report Brussels message: Microsoft of the software supplier with the biggest whole world, United States comes to an agreement 16 days with the European Union local time, agree to be user of Windows operating system to offer the other network browser that amounts to 12 kinds in Europe, the European Union abandons the amerce of antitrust of a huge sum to Microsoft, the dispute declare that both sides is as long as 11 years is dissolved.

The European Union is aimed at " software giant " the antitrust punishment amount of Microsoft achieves about 1.68 billio dog crates large strong n euro (make an appointment with syncretic) of 16.72 billion yuan of RMBs. travel mugs stainless

Reuter report, be aimed at the agreement that Microsoft and European Union reach, benefit • overcomes Bud the best selling dog stairsdhist nun of committee member of committee of European Union competition Lowes (Neelie Kroes) expresses, "The European user of millions can choose to use freely from now on why to plant browser, this is meddlesome to the user. dog stairs " she thinks at the same time, the user can choose to use a browser independently, not only the user experience that can improve them, more enterprise of can incentive browser undertakes innovating, will offer better browser for the user henceforth.

BBC report, cloth of total adviser of senior vice president, law pulls Microsoft heart • Smith (Brad Smith) ex dog crates large best buy presses, the company should continue to advance to need to change somewhat. He still expresses, the concession of Microsoft is to solve with the European Union between long-standing antitrust lawsuit dispute and those who stride is important one pace.

"Small numerous " offer of family of peaceful of • of Feng of • of Jon of presiding apparitor of browser Opera company (Jon. Von Tetzchner) dissolves dispute to express to welcome to Microso dog stairs for car ft and European Union, he endorses the point of view that this develops stimulative browser, think " this is victory on Internet development road " , sharing network resource is the requirement that stimulative science and technology innovates. Current, the network u dvd discovery channel ser of more than half uses the IE browser of Microsoft, of Mozilla company " red fox " (FireFox) browser is occupied 32% , opera is occupied only 2% .

Since 1998, the European Union begins to investigate Microsoft to whether ab dog crates large breed use the monopoly position of its Windows operating system, content involves server, media player to wait. 2 4 years 00, european Union head spends adjudication Microsoft to offend law, levy the amerce of 497 million euro to its, did not pay with Microsoft after two years punishment is increased for fine 280.5 million euro, microsoft all puts forward to appeal to these dog stairs for bed two punishment. 2 8 years 00, the European Union investigates Microsoft to be suspected of abusing position of its market dominant to elbow out the other network browser that depends on its operating system and software competitor again, make bilateral issue is introduced to once more where the wind and the waves are highest, subsequently unfinished of forensic ruling Microsoft carries out punishment of 4 years 0 completely, once more surcharge 899 million euro.

The newest operating system that Microsoft releases in European area this year does not include IE browser in Windows 7, but the European Union cannot accept Microsoft completely small " concessional " , dog stairs and ramps think to should let consumer authority chooses to use independently why to plant browser. (Be over)