RENTON, WA - MAY 4: (FILES) Microsoft products are on display at a Fry's electronic store May 4, 2007 in Renton, Washington. Microsoft have been fined a record 899 million euros ($1.35 billion) by the European commission, for defying sanctions imposed for anti-competitive behavior. Gates' corporation was required to charge 'reasonable' rates to competitors for software information to integrate to the Microsoft Windows platform. Getty Images logo Getty Images 33 months ago

RENTON, WA - MAY 4: (FILES) Microsoft products are on display at a Fry's electronic store May 4, 2007 in Renton, Washington. Microsoft have been fined a record 899 million euros ($1.35 billion) by the European commission, for defying sanctions imposed for anti-competitive behavior. Gates' corporation was required to charge 'reasonable' rates to competitors for software information to integrate to the Microsoft Windows platform.

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  15. Melinda Gates (L), wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (C) speak with long-suffering people during their visit at the hospital "Auberge de l'Amour Redempteur" in Dangbo January 27, 2010. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in Benin for a two-day visit with the Global Fund to fight AIDS.
  16. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith gestures while addressing an audience during a discussion on focusing on future policy and regulatory challenges for the ICT sector with particular reference to cloud computing at the Arts and History Museum in Brussels, Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010. The event was entitled: "Technology Leadership in the 21st Century: How Cloud Computing will Change Our World".

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