Microsoft wants delay in sanctions

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Microsoft will go to court in Luxembourg on September 30 to seek a several year-long suspension of sanctions imposed on it by the European Commission.

The commission found that Microsoft abused its dominance of PC operating systems and in March ordered it to make changes by mid-June to allow fairer competition.

The court of first instance announced that it had set September 30-October 1 for oral arguments about Microsoft's plea to suspend the sanctions until the competition case is completed, probably three or more years from now.

The commission says that if the remedies are suspended they will become irrelevant by the time the case is over, while Microsoft argues that the sanctions will damage the company in ways that cannot be undone.