Wouldn't you?

Microsoft is appealing the fine levied against it based on their unwillingness to abide by a 2004 antitrust agreement. Hell, it's only 1.3 billion dollars; even Bill Gates doesn't want to give up that much money without a fight. "Thomas Vinje, a partner specializing in competition and intellectual property at Clifford Chance in Brussels, said he finds Microsoft's legal action surprising at a time when the company is trying to repair its "strained" relationship with EU antitrust officials. "Especially in light of its effective admission that it was seeking unreasonable fees for the information required to be disclosed by the European Commission, there really can be no doubt that Microsoft was refusing to comply with the European decision and that the Commission was correct to fine it for that refusal," he said in an e-mail."