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Microsoft takes Google to E.U. anti-trust court
March 31, 2011: 9:01 AM ETThe shoe, as the say, is now officially on the other foot.
In a move which has shown how much the competitive landscape has moved in the past decade, Microsoft (MSFT) filed a formal complaint with the E.U. Commission over what it sees as anti-competitive tactics used by Google (GOOG).
Microsoft is still reeling from its own anti-trust settlement in the E.U. just two years ago. The decade long fight ended with Microsoft creating a browser ballot box in its Windows operating system and having to pay out almost $2.5B in fines.
"The company that was the 800-pound gorilla is now resorting to antitrust, where it is always the case that the also-rans sue the winners," said Michael A. Cusumano, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management who has studied Microsoft to the NYTimes.
Until now, Microsoft has been fighting Google by proxy in the E.U. and in the U.S. by enlisting subsidiaries and partners to file anti-trust actions against its rival.
The complaint is that Google uses its market-leading position in search to block competitors (such as Microsoft) from entering search and other related fields. Microsoft breaks these down with six examples:
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In a turf war between Android and Windows Phone 7, Apple's iPhone could be the winner
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How the major smartphone operating systems carved up the global market in Q2
The headlines pop out of the pie charts at right, drawn from data released by Gartner, Inc. Thursday.
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HTC Q2 profits soar on the back of Android OS
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Chasing Apple's 'galloping pace'
In the converging market for mobile devices, vendors vie for second place, says an analyst
Things look bleak for everybody but Apple (AAPL) and maybe Google (GOOG) in a brief report to clients issued Monday by Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore.
"The distinction between smartphones, tablets and low-end notebooks is blurring rapidly," he writes. "Currently there are just two main competitors where we believe Apple's user experience is industry leading and Android is MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 21, 2010 12:05 PM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry, Chris Whitmore, Deutsche Bank, Google, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, Symbian, Windows Mobile
