Microsoft could get an EU spanking as early as next week

According to Reuters: "The European Commission confirmed ... it would debate antitrust sanctions against US software giant Microsoft at a regular meeting on Wednesday.

"The Commission on Wednesday should be discussing the Microsoft issue and if we have to apply sanctions for (Microsoft) not having respected decisions from March 2004," the EU executive's spokesman, Jonathan Todd, said at a news briefing (today)."

That means Microsoft could get the first of a series of EU butt whoopings starting next week. No wonder Bill Gates has jumped ship!