Microsoft get spanked

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It will not hurt MS, it will hurt the slightly smaller multinational companies that are next on the hit list.  MS having lost the ruling will be stronger to investors who will be bolstered by the knowledge that MS won't be sued again.

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MarkTime wrote:
That's £343m in hard currency.  That will hurt microsoft, who is more used to paying in the U.S. Dollar, which is ironically 'monopoly' money in more ways than one, at this point in time.

Wrong.  Re-read:
It will not hurt MS, it will hurt the slightly smaller multinational companies that are next on the hit list. MS having lost the ruling will be stronger to investors who will be bolstered by the knowledge that MS won't be sued again on this issue.

Sucks dosen't it?