Microsoft asks US to intervene in EC case
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft is encouraging other U.S. companies to lobby the U.S. Department of Justice to get involved in the European Commission's antitrust ruling against the giant software vendor.
Microsoft, in a memo published by the Financial Times Monday, is asking U.S. companies to contact the DOJ to say they support the software company's position in regard to a March 2004 European Commission ruling.
The Commission ruling said Microsoft had abused its monopoly power by withholding information that would allow other vendors to develop OS software compatible with Microsoft's server OS. Microsoft, in the memo, argues that the Commission ruling would force the company to divulge trade secrets.