EU -- Microsoft timeline
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November 1998:The EU's antitrust agency looks into a complaint from Sun Microsystems that claims Microsoft had failed to provide information needed by the Solaris operating system to interoperate with PCs running Windows.
August 2000: European Commission formally charges that Microsoft withheld technical information from rivals so it could dominate the server software market.
August 2001: Commission levels second charge at Microsoft -- that it violates antitrust laws by tying its Windows Media Player with the OS in an attempt to freeze out RealNetworks' RealPlayer -- and merges it with the server accusation of the year before.