Google is basing the new product on its Chrome Web browser and the Linux open-source operating system.
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Its Sparc computer chip and Solaris operating system have been made less relevant by Microsoft Windows, Intel chips and the open-source Linuxoperating system.
The antitrust concern apparently surrounds the conditions of Microsoft's Corel investment, and whether or not Microsoft bullied Corel to drop its Linux-based applications, because the Linuxoperating system competes with Microsoft's Windows operating system.