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According to the blog post, the trial ended on October 3rd, and investigators found that more than 100 people, including former ministers, the mayor of Bucharest, and various businessmen were involved in this latest corruption scandal involving Microsoft. More than 20 million euros were paid by Microsoft there as bribes. The blog post goes on to say that:
The Romanian court ruled in March 2016 with sentences for 8 years of prison and 9 million euros of asset forfeiture for the 4 persons on the picture [sic]. These sentences were appealed and October 3rd the High Court of Cessation and Justice (HCCJ) confirmed the guilt and increased the sentences to 14 years in prison and 17 million euros of asset forfeiture for these same persons.
Intellinews and The EUObserver have more detail on this story.
These bribery convictions are just the tip of the iceberg. Multiple news outlets are reporting on investigations of bribery in other countries as well as separate investigations by the US Department of Justice and the US Securities And Exchange Commission.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 26 2016, @06:48AM
That is informative. There is no "quota" or anything? That is, if you were to sell 80% competing OS's instead of MS, you didn't get charged significantly more for your next stack of licenses?
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday October 26 2016, @07:06AM
The discounts for volume are steep, STEEP.
The Dells and the HPs of the world were basically paying nothing for consumer windows licenses. Nothing at all.
Small fry operators were paying 25% and down.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.