EU signals further antitrust action against Microsoft

Stephen Withers
Sunday, 18 January 2009 16:51

IT Industry - Development

Much of the early commentary about the issue appears to be from Americans who see this as a European attack on one of their companies.

That could be regarded as a somewhat arrogant position, as it's tantamount to saying every other country has to work to US rules.

And of course there's the expected response from Microsoft fanboys whining that the EC isn't complaining about the way Apple includes a web browser with Mac OS X.

Hey guys, Apple doesn't have a dominant position to abuse.

Oh, don't forget the earnest free marketeers that see any government intervention in the free market as socialist and evil.

But it's amazing they've got time to even notice what's going on regarding the EC and Microsoft when governments are pouring billions into propping up failing banks and other companies.

It will be interesting to see what sort of defence Microsoft can come up with, and whether it manages to even speak the same language (metaphorically speaking) as the EC.