February 22, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft has announced, will share more information on products and technologies in order to achieve better compatibility with rival products, and meet European Union antitrust authorities requirements.
Microsoft Thursday said the company will have extensive technical and business strategy adjustments, so as to enhance their products with partners, customers and competitors product compatibility.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said: "These measures will be significant changes in Microsoft technologies and products to share information on the way, so significant 重大. Its aim is to obtain greater interoperability and consumers and the industry developers to provide opportunities and choices. "
Brad Smith, Microsoft's chief adviser (Brad Smith) said that the new policy applies to all the popular Microsoft software. He said: "Microsoft is taking the necessary measures to ensure full compliance with European law."
In this regard, the EU anti-monopoly agencies expressed skepticism. The European Commission also said: "The statement of compliance with Microsoft in the past has nothing to EU law."
March 2004, the EU found Microsoft guilty of monopoly, and made three penalties: to provide operation and simplified version of the system, and competitors to share product information, a fine of 613 million U.S. dollars.
For the EU the ruling, Microsoft subsequently to the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg (CFI) to appeal, and CFI agree after Microsoft's decision to suspend the implementation of the EU.
Last year on September 17, CFI rejected Microsoft's most appeal. In October, the European Commission announced that it has with Microsoft in the antitrust ruling agree on. Microsoft agrees to comply with the ruling of the European Commission in 2004 and said the European Court of First Instance's decision not to appeal.