EU leans against Microsoft in antitrust case
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
The European Commission said this week that its "preliminary view" was that Microsoft violated European antitrust law by bundling its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system.
The statement reawakens a controversy that has riled Microsoft for years. The bundling of Internet Explorer and Windows was a central issue in Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case.
In December 2007, Oslo, Norway-based Opera Software, which makes the Opera browser, filed a complaint against Microsoft in Europe, accusing the company of abusing the dominance of Windows to give Internet Explorer an unfair edge there.