Lawsuit Filed Over Vista-to-XP Downgrade Fees

A woman is suing Microsoft over the $59.25 fee she was charged to downgrade from Vista to XP. She’s citing “anticompetitive licensing terms” that MS dictated to computer makers in regards to XP. There’s no mention of damages in the article.

"Microsoft did so in order to maintain, protect and extend its market power in operating systems software into the next generation of personal computing, to lessen competition, to promote Vista and to enhance its monopoly position," [Plaintiff Emma Alvarado’s] lawsuit claimed.

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