No merit in EU claims, Microsoft involved: IBM

BRUSSELS: IBM said on Monday it would cooperate with the European Commission in its antitrust probe into the company but said there was no merit to the claims, which it said had been driven made by Microsoft.

"The accusations made against IBM by Turbo Hercules and T3 are being driven by some of IBM's largest competitors -- led by Microsoft -- who want to further cement the dominance of Wintel servers by attempting to mimic aspects of IBM mainframes without making the substantial investments IBM has made and continues to make," IBM said in a statement.

Earlier on Monday, the Commission, the EU antitrust regulator, said it launched two anti-trust probes against IBM, alleging it might have abused its dominant position on the mainframe computer market.