In an accusation reminiscent of Microsoft’s U.S. antitrust case — which dealt with the company’s bundling of the Internet Explorer Web browser with the Windows operating system — the European Commission has signaled it might penalize Microsoft or force it to separate its Windows Media Player from its operating system for antitrust violations. According to a draft resolution from regulators with the European Commission, Microsoft violated antitrust rules by including Media Player as part of the operating system and providing insufficient information for other software makers to create Microsoft-compatible products.
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EU Moves To Sever Microsoft’s Media Player from Windows
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 8, 2004 02:02 PMIn an accusation reminiscent of Microsoft’s U.S. antitrust case — which dealt with the company’s bundling of the Internet Explorer Web browser with the Windows operating system — the European Commission has signaled it might penalize Microsoft or force it to separate its Windows Media Player from its operating system for antitrust violations. According to a draft resolution from regulators with the European Commission, Microsoft violated antitrust rules by including Media Player as part of the operating system and providing insufficient information for other software makers to create Microsoft-compatible products.