02/22: New Anti-Trust Complaints/Suits from The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (IBM, Oracle, RealNetworks, Nokia, Sun, Others) and Tangent

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Microsoft rivals file antitrust complaint:

A group of Microsoft Corp.'s rivals filed a complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, alleging its business practices threatened to deny real choice among competing software products.

The European Committee for Interoperable Systems - which includes International Business Machines Corp., Oracle Corp., RealNetworks Inc., Nokia Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. - said it was asking EU regulators to end practices that reinforced Microsoft's existing monopolies and extended its market dominance into current and future product markets.

Tangent Suit Claims Microsoft Soaked Partners:

Microsoft has been hit with yet another antitrust claim, this time from a partner that alleges that the software vendor abused its market dominance to extract exorbitant fees from OEMs, distributors and resellers for its operating system licenses.

Tangent, an OEM based in Burlingame, Calif., filed a complain Feb. 14 in U.S. District Court for Northern California, seeking an unnamed amount from the software giant, claiming the software maker has been able to overcharge for its operating system as result of Microsoft's "artificial" market dominance.

Via Todd Bishop and Mary Jo Foley.

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