Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Jan 2008 23:16 UTC, submitted by Tanked
The European Commission is launching two new anti-competition investigations against US computer giant Microsoft. The first will look at whether Microsoft unfairly ties its Explorer internet browser to its Windows operating system. In the parallel investigation, the Commission will look at the interoperability of Microsoft software with rival products. Note: Remember the OSNews comic? Here is a new comic, which, for now, is attached to the story it relates to. We are working on a separate section for the comic, but until that is done, I will sporadically publish comics this way. I have a whole stack of comics ready for when that section goes live - and you can see the name for the comic too, if you look "closely". Enjoy the new comic, titled "Hawaii".
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Microsoft is a monopoly in the operating system market. Therefore, they have an extra set of rules to follow. A company cannot legally use their monopoly in one market (ie. operating systems) to gain an unfair advantage in another (ie. web browsers).
I think that some OS News posts should include this is a standard disclaimer at the bottom so that it doesn't have to be explained again in the comments.