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FSFE Supports Microsoft Antitrust Investigation

Posted in Live (December 25, 2007 at 11:19 pm)

An anonymous reader sends us to LinuxElectrons.com for an announcement from the Free Software Foundation Europe, in the form of a letter (PDF) sent to the European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes. FSFE offers to support a possible EU antitrust investigation of Microsoft, declaring that “Microsoft should be required openly, fully and faithfully to implement free and open industry standards.” Opera Software issued a complaint to the Competition Commissioner based on anti-competitive behavior in the web browser market. FSFE president Georg Greve writes in the letter, “Although Opera Software does not produce Free Software, we largely share their assessment and concerns regarding the present situation in the Internet browser market.”

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