Microsoft counter trust decision of the European committee acceptance - - agrees with offer and the like of compatibility information to the open sour

As for the European commission October 22nd, concerning the counter trust method violation Microsoft in Europe, accepted the counter trust decision 2004 it announced that it conceded substantially.

You have expressed that as for the European commission in declaration, "as for Microsoft it agreed to the big modification of 3 points, it agreed to obeying the decision ahead".

The European commission, 4 hundred million 9,700 ten thousand Europe (approximately 6 hundred million dollars) requested the release of media player non on-board edition of payment and Windows XP of the fine with counter trust decision 2004 vis-a-vis Microsoft. Furthermore the European commission in order the server OS of Microsoft, between the server and to release the details of the communication protocol which has been used for the communication with the desktop client in addition to these, had made improvement request to the same company.

As for the European commission at the beginning, as for the correspondence of Microsoft to the improvement request regarding communication protocol we assumed, added the fine of 2 hundred million 8,050 ten thousand Europe in 2006 that it is insufficient, but both reached to reconciliation due to the latest agreement. Because, the open source software developer how utilizes the communication protocol information which Microsoft releases there was argument in one of the cause reconciliation being late to in regard.

It is something where this time, among three modification points where Microsoft agrees first, as counter trust decision 2004 orders, offers compatibility information to the open source software developer, permits the utilization.

It is second to make the payment of the royalty to Microsoft for the offer of compatibility information 1 limit, to decrease the amount to 1 ten thousand Europe. 3rd as for, it is to reduce the royalty of the international license which includes patent substantially.

On the one hand, as for Microsoft, appeal of the same company for 2004 counter trust the European commission gives a decision the European court of the first instance (CFI) the policy of not stating dissatisfaction to being able to retreat to the September this year was set, finally the same decision was accepted.

The software/hardware developer the anxiety which has been held vis-a-vis future product development program became the possibility that it is cleared depending upon the decision of Microsoft which we assume that you follow the decision of CFI.

As for Microsoft on the 22nd, "there is no intention of appealing the dissatisfaction for CFI decision to the European administration of justice courthouse. In the future it cooperates with the European commission and the industry densely, in order to bring the competitive environment vigorous in the IT industry of Europe and the world, it would like to endeavor ", that declaration is announced.

The appeal with Microsoft it rejected CFI which makes base Luxemburg, in the September this year, it lowered the decision that it is reason in the European commission, in regard to two basic points in counter trust suing of problem. Two points, it points to the point which gives damage to the player of competitive other companies with the strategy which loads the media player of the respective company in point and Windows where Microsoft competitive other companies has not shared the important compatibility information of Windows.