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Microsoft has begun e-mailing its corporate customers worldwide, letting them know that they may need to start using a different version of Office as a result of a recent legal setback.
To avoid EU regulatory fines of up to US$2.45 million per day, Microsoft offers to license some of its Windows source code to rivals.
After weeks of controversy over the issue, Microsoft has decided to return to a position of legislative support for gay and lesbian rights, at both the state and federal level.
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Microsoft says it will fold its SharePoint business portal software into its Office System product line.
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