Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Woops, they did it again...

The Times of London reports that the EU commission has warned Microsoft that their practice of bundling more and more things into their operation system may, again, run afoul of EU Competition Law. This time the issue is with their already delayed and forthcoming Vista operating system, which is supposed to have an integrated internet search, DRM software and a program that will emulate what Acrobat does. What is more interesting is that it seems that the move against Microsoft is been prompted by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, that groups some of the companies that were together with Microsoft into the push for the failed software patents directive. With friends like that...

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