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The European Union, Microsoft and Antitrust: Page 2 of 2

The European Commision slams the Redmond giant with record fines and major software change requirements. Is this just -- or more MS bashing?
April 09, 2004

Microsoft is no Boy Scout. It plays to win, and its Windows leverage remains considerable. But in the end, savvy customers and competitors, driving new technology movements such as open source, are a far better match than regulators for muscular would-be monopolists.

Rob Preston is editorial director of NETWORK COMPUTING. Write to him at [email protected].

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