Well, at least on the basis of net worth, the evil empire of Redman is bigger then Europe
What can this European court do if MicroSoft chooses not to comply? I don't see how they can realistically make Windows illegal in the European Union by court mandate.
To this day, I've got this feeling that the vast majority of Windows vulnerabilities have been purposely engineered into Microsoft products for one reason... Microsoft has been forced into the open standards world of the Internet, using protocols such as the TCP/IP protocol suite, including standards such as LDAP. If Microsoft could show that these protocols are "inherently insecure" (even though it's through the Microsoft implementation) they could try to push proprietary communications protocol standards on the rest of the industry. And if they keep those protocols a secret, they would effectively shut every other company out of the market.
Mark
[Tinfoil hat off]