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LinuxWorld Australia: Open Source Consultancy Takes Complaint Against Microsoft to ACCC

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Open source consultancy Cybersource is filing a formal
complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
(ACCC) this week claiming Microsoft is engaging in unfair practices
which is costing end users $200 million [US$151/€126 million]
a year.

“Accusing Microsoft of stifling competition in the marketplace,
Cybersource will provide the ACCC with a whitepaper entitled, The
Cost of Software Monopoly: How Australian Consumers Lose. It will
be accompanied by a formal complaint…”

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