sorry, had to point that out first; the subheading says
noncomLiance 
anyway, $2.5 million a day is absurd by any measure!
while I don't really agree that trade secrets should involve simple things like how to talk to the freaking thing (Windows...) and interoperate, the solution is obviously not to impose further fines 'per day' like this...
"Microsoft's documentation was written ``primarily to maximize volume while minimizing useful information,'' it said."
that's the best quote right there... I might actually believe that statement.