Microsoft Faces New Ec Charges; Ibm Could Be Next

摘要

The european Commission's antitrust agency confirmed on Jan. 17 that it has again charged Microsoft Corp. with breaking competition laws, asserting that the company's bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows "shields" the browser from rival offerings. Microsoft had said the day before that it had received a formal statement of objections from the EC outlining the commission's preliminary findings in the case, which was sparked by a December 2007 complaint from browser vendor Opera Software ASA.