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Friday, 01/26/2007 9:20:35 AM

Friday, January 26, 2007 9:20:35 AM

09:11MSFT Microsoft: Rivals attack Vista as illegal under EU rules - Reuters.com (30.45 ) -Update-

Reuters.com reports a coalition of rivals charged on Friday that Microsoft's new Vista operating system coming out next week will perpetuate practices found illegal in the EU nearly three years ago.

The group, which includes IBM (IBM), Nokia (NOK), Sun Microsystems (SUNW), Adobe (ADBE), Oracle (ORCL) and Red Hat (RHT), said its complaints made last year are yet to be addressed just days before Vista is due for release.

The European Commission found in 2004 that Microsoft used its dominance to muscle out RealNetworks and other makers of audio and video streaming software and that it made its desktop Windows deliberately incompatible with rivals' server software.

"Microsoft has clearly chosen to ignore the fundamental principles of the Commission's March 2004 decision," said Simon Awde, chairman of the European Committee for Interoperable Systems.