EU antitrust regulators say Microsoft abuses continue

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Microsoft Corp. is still trying to monopolize new markets even after settling the landmark antitrust case in the United States, the European Union charged Wednesday as it prepared to demand its own concessions from the U.S. software giant.

The EU's antitrust watchdog, the European Commission, said recent surveys of more than 150 businesses that use Microsoft products showed that "Microsoft's abuses are still ongoing."

The commission offered the company a "last opportunity" to defend itself or agree to open up the two markets under scrutiny: low-end servers, which tie desktop computers together, and media players, vital software as digital video and audio distribution expands on the Internet.

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[FunkmeisterJohn]

1. It's about time...

Even if MS can buy its way out of US law, perhaps the EU will be less forgiving on such a strategy. Of course, MS can't afford to lose the growing tech base in Europe, as once they lose a monopoly, the inferiority of most of their products will surely doom them.

This could get ugly.