Luxembourg, 28/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Friday morning as the hearing was drawing to a close, Microsoft and the European Commission started to consider the legal background to the case and Microsoft's appeal against the Commission's fine of EUR 497 million. The case no longer requires the systematic hearing of high level experts or questions from the judge, unlike during the stage when the fundamentals of interoperability were being debated.
For the Commission, Anthony Whelan said that...