UPDATE 1-European court's Microsoft ruling Sept 17-sources

(Reuters) - The Commission, executive arm of the European Union, decided
in March 2004 that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws. It
fined the company 497 million euros and ordered
changes to Microsoft's business practices.




The Commission found that Microsoft's Windows, used by more
than 95 percent of the world's personal computers, allowed too
little interoperability for other software makers.


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Jobs and Gates trade jests at rare joint appearance

(Reuters) - "PC guy is great, he's got a big heart," the chief of Apple Inc. said on Wednesday, referring to popular television ads in which a hip young man personifies a Macintosh computer and a Windows PC is played by an awkward middle-aged man.




"The art of those commercials is not to be mean, but it's actually for the guys to like each other," Jobs said.


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