Software company Be Inc. BEOS.O said on Tuesday it has filed suit against Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, alleging that Microsoft used anti-competitive business practices to harm's Be's business operations. Menlo Park, California-based Be, most of which was acquired last year by handheld personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. PALM.O, said Microsoft used "a series of illegal exclusionary and anti-competitive acts" to keep Be's operating system off of personal computers. Elements of the Be OS are expected to be included in Palm's next operating system, Palm OS 5. The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco.
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