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Subject:RE: This too is technical communication From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:05:12 -0400
Nice try, John, but no cigar. They were fined $613 million for refusing to divulge information. It's got nothing to do with either the quality of their technical writing or the overall value of technical writing to the product.
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> From: John Posada
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:52 PM
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> Subject: RE: This too is technical communication
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> What was the amount of the fine from the EU to Microsoft because MS
> refused to document some internal stuff? 613 million dollars?
>
> "In March 2004, the EU ordered Microsoft to pay â497 million (US$613
> million), the largest fine ever handed out by the EU at the time, in
> addition to the previous penalties, which included 120 days to
> divulge the server information... "
>
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