Trade group ( Sun, Oracle and IBM) joins browser battle against Microsoft in Europe - by Samantha Rose Hunt
Trade group ( Sun, Oracle and IBM) joins browser battle against Microsoft in Europe
The European Commission (EC) won a brand new member in its fight against Microsoft over the Internet Explorer web browser. A trade group that represents rival software companies such as Sun, Oracle and IBM, The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) joined the fight as an interested third party, which allows the group to speak at a hearing if Microsoft chooses to move forward with one. Three other groups have also joined the Opera in the battle: Mozilla, Google, and the Free Software Foundation Europe. In January, the EU accused Microsoft of distorting competition by attaching the Internet Explorer browser to its Operating System, forcing it on every Windows based PC.
Microsoft must reply to the formal statement of objections sent to the company by the EU back in January by April 21. The company can either request a hearing with regulators or submit a written response to both Opera and the other involved parties.
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