@bbforks

In 2008 Microsft had to pay nearly 900 milions Euro penalty for not making available the full information about their soft to other companies, to enable them to make their products fully compatibile with Microsoft offer.
In 2011 Microsoft was punished by E U for remowing the Browser Choice Screen from their Winows 7. The penalty was 561 millions Euro.
Generally Microsft was painfully punished in Europe for monpolistic practices.
Totally, within last few years, the penalties given to Microsoft in Europe exceeded 2 billion Euro.
Europe doesn't like monpoly suppliers.
I see kind of analogy in forklift trucks bussines.
When you sentence the users for lifetime manufacturer service, this is a straight monopoly practics for me.