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Hispalinux (in Spanish), a representative organization for Linux users in Spain, has lodged a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission, the European Union’s executive body. According to a report in Reuters, the complaint was filed today, and targeted the unholy agreement between Microsoft and hardware vendors re UEFI Secure Boot.I’ve always thought that the implementation of UEFI Secure Boot in Windows 8 has very little to do with security, but more along the lines of cementing Microsoft’s monopoly. Why anybody or group waited this long to file a legal complaint against Microsoft is beyond me. But I’m happy that some group finally decided to take the right action.The question now is, what’s next? If this complaint was brought by a group here in the US, I wouldn’t expect anything to happen, but knowing how seriously the EU takes consumer protection, some action is forthcoming. Just recently, the group levied a fine of $731 million against Microsoft for failing to comply with an agreement regarding its Web browser .