Windows Vista was again complained in Europe
The European Commission (EC) over the weekend confirmed that it is currently investigating complaints about Windows Vista operating systems from Microsoft's competitors.
' Some companies have expressed concern about Microsoft's Windows Vista with the European Commission, but there has been no formal complaint yet ,' Jonathan Todd - a spokesman for Mr Neelie. High Kroes commissioned EC on EC antitrust - said. 'The EC has not conducted any formal investigation yet, but we still closely monitor this issue .'
When asked about the authenticity of these claims, Todd said the committee would have to conduct a multi-product check on Vista. However, the spokesperson declined to give further details.
Meanwhile, the US Department of Justice is also testing Vista's boot features and whether computer manufacturers can customize the display options on the user's screen when they produce assembly. PC or not.
Todd stressed that Microsoft needs to comply with all the principles outlined in the antitrust lawsuit in 2004. Accordingly, Microsoft is found guilty of abuse of dominance in the PC operating system market when designing and Vista application.
Tomorrow, Microsoft will have to formally respond to the EC's request to explain why it must comply with all rulings in its antitrust case in 2004. If the EC does not accept Microsoft's arguments then the company will face a penalty of $ 2.4 million.
The EC said that so far, Microsoft has not provided sufficient documents to allow competitors to develop operable products compatible with Microsoft server software. But Microsoft argued that the company had made all those requests, including providing documentation, proposals to grant access to source code or free technical help .
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