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"Microsoft, once again, is in the crosshairs of European antitrust regulators, but major American technology companies have to wonder whether this will stop with Microsoft.

This time, the European Union announced, it is going after Microsoft’s Office and the company’s browser-bundling strategy. The move comes on the heels of a court victory last fall for the European regulators, upholding fines and sanctions against the world’s largest software maker, in a case that began in 1998...

But the ruling by the Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance, legal analysts say, has emboldened the European regulators.

“The European authorities feel they have the court on their side now on these issues,” said Andrew I. Gavil, a law professor at Howard University.

“You can’t draw a line and say exactly 50 percent is correct, but a significant drop in market share is what we would like to see," says Neelie Kroes, the European Union competition commissioner."


http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ref=technology

Glaswegian

Good to see the EU is on top of the game.

What is the biggest threat facing Europe these days? Yes, Microsoft...jeez.......