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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - 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 monopolies and extended its market dominance into current and future products.
"We are at a crossroads," the group said in a statement. "Will one dominant player be permitted to control those conditions, or will the rules that guarantee competition on the merits prevail, to the benefit of all?"
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