Open Source Firm Files Microsoft Complaint

Rob writes "Computer Business Review is reporting that Australian Linux and open source consultancy Cybersource Pty has filed a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission calling on it to force PC vendors to offer hardware without Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system. The company has estimated that the cost to Australian consumers of Microsoft's monopoly position is at least AUS 200m ($151m) a year, although that calculation is based on an assumption that Windows and Office account for 50% of the company's AUS 1bn ($759m) annual Australian revenue, and that its 80% profit margin for those products should be more like 10%."