EU looking into complaints against Microsoft

The European Union is assessing more complaints about the compliance of Microsoft with a landmark antitrust ruling, saying it…

The European Union is assessing more complaints about the compliance of Microsoft with a landmark antitrust ruling, saying it was checking whether the Windows version it was forced to produce without Media Player was technically up to standard.

An EU official who demanded anonymity said rivals of Microsoft had charged that the Windows version without the audio and video service might not work as well with other software.

The EU antitrust office however said tests were continuing.

AP