Editing Criticism of Microsoft (section)

== Litigation ==
{{Main|Microsoft litigation}}

Microsoft's market dominance and business practices have attracted widespread resentment, which is not necessarily restricted to the company's competitors. In a 2003 publication, [[Dan Geer]] argued the prevalence of Microsoft products has resulted in a [[Monoculture (computer science)|monoculture]] which is dangerously easy for viruses to exploit.<ref name=Cyberinsecurity>{{cite web|title=Cyberinsecurity: The Cost of Monopoly|url=http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325175356/http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf|archive-date=March 25, 2009|date=September 24, 2003}}</ref>

On June 25, 2024, the [[European Commission]] accused Microsoft of violating the [[Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]] by bundling [[Microsoft Teams]] with [[Microsoft 365]] and [[Microsoft Office]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Keenan| first= Alexis| date= June 25, 2024| title= EU keeps flexing its antitrust muscles with US tech giants| url= https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-keeps-flexing-its-antitrust-muscles-with-us-tech-giants-165948221.html| work= yahoo!Finance| access-date= June 25, 2024}}</ref>