Group sides with Microsoft in its fight against EU
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft gained the support of an international group representing about 1,600 small and medium-size companies in its appeal against a European Union antitrust order.
The International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners Inc., which represents companies that develop software based on the Windows operating system, yesterday asked the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg for permission to support Microsoft's appeal, said Per Werngren, the group's president.
"We're fighting a trend that's weakening our business," Werngren, chief executive officer of Stockholm, Sweden-based software maker IDE Natverkskonsulterna, said yesterday. "It's not a matter of principle. It's a matter of our bread and butter."