Reply to post: Fines for Microsoft---they're shaking in their boots

Microsoft vs the long arm of US law: Straight outta Dublin

Terry Cloth
FAIL

Fines for Microsoft---they're shaking in their boots

According to the first report I could come up with (USA Today), MS had some $78G in cash 18 months ago. They could pay a $250k/day fine for over 800 years (or probably forever, since that stash would yield $2.1k/day at 0.1% annual interest).

Of course, the judge could go with contempt of court and jail time for executives....

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