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Exclusive: Open software group files complaint against Microsoft to EU Mar 26th 2013, 11:34 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Microsoft backs review of foreign bribery allegations Tue, Mar 19 2013 Insight: On Facebook, app makers face a treacherous path Mon, Mar 11 2013 Dow ends at another record high, S&P up on job picture Wed, Mar 6 2013 EU fines Microsoft $731 million for broken promise, warns others Wed, Mar 6 2013 Exclusive: EU may fine Microsoft over browsers by end-March - sources Thu, Feb 28 2013 Related Topics Investing and Taxes Simplified » Tech » The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest March 20, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Bogdan Cristel MADRID | Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:04am EDT MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish association representing open source software users filed a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission on Tuesday, in a new challenge to the technology giant following a hefty fine earlier this month. The 8,000 member-strong Hispalinux, which represents users of the Linux operating system, said Microsoft had made it difficult for users of computers sold with its Windows 8 platform to switch to Linux and other operating systems. Lawyer and Hispalinux head Jose Maria Lancho said he delivered the complaint to the Madrid office of the European Commission at 5.00 a.m. ET. The European Commission fined Microsoft, the global leader in operating systems, 561 million euros ($729 million) on March 6 for failing to offer users a choice of web browser. ($1 = 0.7694 euros) (Reporting by Sarah Morris and Teresa Larraz; Writing by Clare Kane; Editing by Julien Toyer and Tom Pfeiffer) Investing and Taxes Simplified Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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