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The sad reality is that that the EU may have issued the fines but there are so many ways to delay paying them that it takes years for the EU to collect. I'm not
by foepys 5y ago
The sad reality is that that the EU may have issued the fines but there are so many ways to delay paying them that it takes years for the EU to collect. I'm not even sure that Microsoft already paid their fine for the antitrust case from 2004.
- zaarn 5y agoAtleast as far as I know, fines, even disputed, of that size are paid immediately into a escrow account. When the dispute is settled, the fine gets paid to who won the dispute. So MS likely had to shell out that 2004 antitrust immediately.