NoSoftwarePatents: EC Acted in Collusion with Microsoft, Says High-Profile Austrian MEP

"A high-profile MEP has said that the European Commission acted in collusion with Microsoft when earlier this week it declined the European Parliament's request for a restart of the legislative process concerning the software patent directive. Dr. Maria Berger, the leader of the Austrian social democratic delegation in the EP and the coordinator of the second-largest parliamentary group (PSE) in the Legal Affairs Committee, said in a press release that 'the Commission might end up paying dearly for its rash collusion with Microsoft.' In her opinion, the Commission adopted the position of Microsoft founder Bill Gates on the subject 'without further thought.' Gates had visited the Commission and the EP in February..."

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