EU court names intervenors in Microsoft case
C|Net | at | by Mike
Five allies of Microsoft and four of the European Commission won the right on Tuesday to intervene in the software giant's antitrust case before a European Union court in Luxembourg.
The European Commission decided nearly a year ago that Microsoft competed unfairly against competitors, fined it $662 million (497 million euros) and ordered it to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and share some protocols with rival makers of servers.
Those on each side include companies and lobbying groups from Europe and the United States, many of whom appeared at an earlier hearing in the case to determine whether remedies against the company should be suspended until the case was complete.