European Commission threatens Microsoft

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
On Wednesday the EC announced that is could fine Microsoft up to 10% of its global annual sales for monopoly offenses.
Microsoft is still committing the monopoly abuses it was first accused of in 1998, the EC said in a preliminary ruling in its long-running antitrust case against the company.

The Commission has sent an updated statement of objections to Microsoft, reiterating previous accusations that the software giant has leveraged its dominance in the market for computer operating systems into the markets for server systems and media-player software.

The full report:
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2699/030806ecms/
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