[eccr] Microsoft faces tough EU action

Microsoft faces tough EU action
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Microsoft faces having to make radical changes to meet European
regulatory concerns that go well beyond what is being demanded of it in
the US. After a three-year investigation, European antitrust regulators
are studying wide-ranging measures to prevent Microsoft from using its
strong position in the software market to injure competitors, according
to people familiar with the case.

The measures being considered would force Microsoft to change the way it
produces and sells its Windows operating system and Media Player software,
and to provide a large amount of technical information to competitors.

They would go well beyond the terms of last year's settlement between
Microsoft and the US government, which also investigated the company's
alleged anti-competitive practices, and could further sour relations
between the two antitrust authorities after last year's high-profile
spat over General Electric's thwarted $43bn bid for Honeywell.

Financial Times - May 10, 2002
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3D7Z3311D&liv
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