Another year, another monopoly probe. At least, that’s how it must seem to Microsoft, now that Russia has announced it plans an investigation into the company’s monopolistic practices in the country.
In a statement, Russia’s anti-monopoly body said it plans to see whether Microsoft has been restricting supplies of Windows XP into the country, both as pre-installed software and stand alone.
"Analysis of the market for various operating systems shows that the transfer to the new Windows Vista operating system is occurring while demand for the previous operating system, Windows XP, continues."
