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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Washington - A taxpayer watchdog group criticized the European Commission for continuing its anti-trust case against Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) following the software maker settling its long-standing suit with RealNetworks, its last big competitor in the EC's antitrust case.

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Microsoft Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) president, Tom Schatz said "The EC's case against Microsoft was always based on competitors' complaints, not consumers' complaints. This settlement removes the last vestige of legal or factual basis for the EC's persecution of Microsoft."

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Laptop Computers In March 2004, the EC issued a decision requiring Microsoft to hand over valuable intellectual property to its competitors, unbundle its software, and pay a $613 million fine. Although the European Court of First Instance recognized that the merits of the case favored Microsoft, the company was still forced to comply with the EC's order by creating two versions of the Windows operating systems, one with its music and video player program, Media Player, and one without. Microsoft also released server system code to competitors. In March 2005, the EC expressed "strong doubts" that Microsoft is adequately complying with its orders. The Court of First Instance has not yet set a date to hear Microsoft's appeal.

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Laptop Computer "The EC's course of action runs contrary to legal precedent and stands against the U.S. Constitution's protection of intellectual property," Schatz continued. "In the U.S., the courts reached a fair agreement with Microsoft that did not set overbearing restrictions on future technology. The EC's actions will have global ramifications for the economy and for taxpayers."

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"Governments have no business trying to design software," Schatz concluded. "With the RealNetworks settlement, there is even less reason for the EC to continue skewering the marketplace with burdensome regulations and hurting taxpayers with costly litigation."

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