Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Vista Limits Choices, Google Alleges

By Alan Sipress and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, June 12, 2007; Page D03

Allegations by Google that Microsoft's new operating system unfairly disadvantages competitors has revived antitrust accusations against Microsoft and opened a front in a bitter war between the two technology giants.

The complaint, which Google raised confidentially late last year, will probably be reviewed later this month by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who is overseeing Microsoft's compliance with a 2002 consent decree. That agreement resolved the government antitrust case brought against the software maker.