Brussels is investigating allegations that Microsoft’sflagship Windows 8 operating system will unlawfully stifle competition, resurrecting the antitrust troubles that tormented the US group for more than a decade.
Joaquín Almunia, the European Union’s competition commissioner, yesterday threatened the US software group with “severe” penalties for flouting a 2009 antitrust settlement that required it to offer consumers a choice of web browsers.
But, according to officials involved, the European Commission’s formal investigation goes beyond this compliance matter to cover allegations about Windows 8, the forthcoming system that marks Microsoft’s attempt to fight back against Applein the tablet market.
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