BRUSSELS, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Microsoft's bundling of its Web browser with its Windows operating system has triggered a new complaint before the European Commission at Brussels.
Opera Software, based in Oslo, Norway, charged that Microsoft violated the European anti-trust law by the bundling of Internet Explorer into Windows, which has more than 80 percent of the market share in Europe, The New York Times said.
The suit came less than three months after Microsoft lost a landmark antitrust case in Europe that accused the U.S. company of illegally tying its media player to Windows. That ruling required Microsoft to market a version of Windows without the player.
Opera Software is a maker of browsers for personal computers and mobile devices. The company had $60 million in sales in 2006.
In the complaint, Opera asked that the commission require Microsoft to unbundle Explorer from Windows, include rival browsers in the default Windows installation or do both, the Times said.
