Microsoft suffers decisive EU antitrust defeat
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Microsoft suffered a decisive antitrust defeat on Monday when a European Union court upheld a landmark ruling that the world’s largest software maker had abused its dominant market position to crush rivals. The second-highest EU court dismissed the company’s appeal on all key points against the 2004 European Commission ruling and upheld a record 497 million euro ($689.9 million) fine.
“Its clearly a major defeat for Microsoft. There is no doubt it will spur the Commission on to regulate Microsoft much more significantly,” said Chris Bright, a British competition lawyer. The court said Microsoft was unjustified in tying new applications to its Windows operating system in a way that squeezed out rivals and harmed consumer choice.
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