Microsoft lodges formal appeal against EU fine

The fine was bought about because Vole did not hand over information to its rivals fast enough, as the EU had demanded.

Associated Press said that the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg has confirmed it has received a fax copy of the appeal from Microsoft.

Apparently it was waiting for the original document to arrive by snail mail before it named a court date for the hearing. The Wheels of Justice in Luxembourg grind slowly, but extremely fine.

Vole wants the court to decide if EU regulators were right to claim that it had not supplied "complete and accurate technical specifications" to rivals.

Microsoft said the "unprecedented" fine was unfair and the EU had not been clear about its demands and how it should present the information.

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