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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 09:11 PM
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U competition chief calls Microsoft's expansion 'worrying
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/22/yourmoney/msft.php

BRUSSELS: The European competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said Thursday it was "worrying" that Microsoft continued to expand its position in the server market three years after the European Union fined the company a record €497 million.

"Microsoft is constantly gaining market share and that's what's worrying me in the work-group server operating system market," Kroes told a European Parliament committee in Brussels.

She added, "As a consequence of your abusive behavior you are getting positive results for the company. That's not acceptable in my opinion."
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At the start of the commission's antitrust investigation in 1999, the agency said Microsoft's share of the worldwide work-group server market was between 35 percent and 40 percent. That share rose to about 60 percent between 2001 and 2003. The current share is about 75 percent, the commission said.
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Looks like EU can't even stop Microsoft's dominations from all over the world
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