Originally Posted by Bob Crabtree 
Is MS still paying that daily fine?
Whatever the case, the only way to engender corporate responsibility - in my er so humble view - is to have laws that impact on the directors of companies themselves.
Of course, in most situations, that goes counter to the whole concept of a company but that's something that can be changed.
But, as long as directors of companies can even avoid responsibility for negligence that results in destruction, death and physical injury, I suspect there's very little chance of laws being changed to make them accountable for more mundane stuff.
Tricky that suggestion, the whole point of limited liability is that you can't be taken to the cleaners for the actions of your company (I think?). Start removing these rights and you'll stifle small companies - who'd start a business if they thought they'd end up getting personally fined by the EU and losing everything they own?
The great shame of M$ is that the US stopped the anti-trust suit, stopping short of splitting them up. Looks like Apple is currently under investigation now, and rightly so - if anything they're a far worse monopoly than M$.