Adding insult to financial injury, Google and mobile operating system maker Opera were reportedly behind the European Commission’s decision, this week, to fine Microsoft a record $732
million. So sources told the Financial Times, though you’ll need a subscription to read all about it. Comments GigaOm: “If Google really did set off the process that led to
Microsoft’s mammoth fine, then this was in a way just another episode in an increasingly nasty war between the two companies.”