Google declares war on Microsoft

Google is seeking to join a European Union antitrust case against Microsoft that claims the software giant is unfairly trying to stifle the web browsers of competitors. The case, initiated by the E.U. in January, accused Microsoft of illegally tying Internet Explorer to Windows to block competition.

The E.U. acted after it received a complaint from Opera, an Oslo-based maker of a competing browser. Mozilla, which makes the Firefox browser, applied to join the case earlier this month. And last year, Google introduced competing browser, Chrome.

"Google believes that the browser market is still largely uncompetitive, which holds back innovation for users," Sundar Pichai, a vice president for product management, wrote in a Google blog. "This is because Internet Explorer is tied to Microsoft's dominant computer operating system, giving it an unfair advantage over other browsers."

For more on this controversy:
 - check out this New York Times article

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