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European Commission
I.B.M., Oracle, Sun Microsystems and six other companies submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission, claiming that Microsoft continues to abuse its dominant position in the software market in spite of a 2004 European antitrust ruling against it. The European Commission says Microsoft has not complied with its antitrust ruling, and is threatening to fine the company as much as 2 million euros ($2.4 million) a day. The commission's spokesman for antitrust issues, Jonathan Todd, said competition officials would examine the new complaint carefully.