Microsoft and European Commission officials planned a meeting in Redmond, Washington, on Monday as the software giant tried to avoid the possibility of a daily 2-million-euro fine, a Microsoft official said.
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The Microsoft spokesman said company officials would present a proposal to license inspection of some of the company’s source code, but a European Commission spokesman said it was by no means clear the offer was relevant.
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A Commission spokesman declined to confirm the meeting.
You’ll recall that the European Commission has expressed skepticism about last week’s source licensing offer by Microsoft, but wanted to hear the details.
January 31st, 2006 at 2:50 PM
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