Monday January 14, 2008 11:24
EU Opens New Investigations Into Microsoft
Officials at the European Commission have announced they have more questions for Microsoft to answer about its apparent anti-competitive behaviour.
The body is to open up two new investigations into the company’s behavior after sticking it with a 750 million-dollar fine back in October.
One investigation results from Opera’s complaint that Microsoft stiffed browser competition by gluing IE onto Windows.
The other looks at the way Microsoft may have targeted rivals by owning the OS and the most popular products running on it, such as Office and hindering the interoperability of these products with those from rival software makers.
We predict this one will rumble on for a few years and that Microsoft will probably have to cough up in the end, if only to keep the EU gravy train running on the finest French Champagne.
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