You are here: silicon.com > Hardware > Desktops

Microsoft to reveal details of Win2000 to EC

Suzanna Kerridge, Paris correspondent

By Suzanna Kerridge

Published: 21 March 2000 17:19 GMT

Microsoft has responded to demands made by the European Commission's Competition Council to reveal technical details about Windows 2000.

A spokesperson for the Commission said it had received preliminary information but not the complete report.

The Competition Council originally asked Microsoft to provide technical information to prove the latest Windows operating system is not against EU competition law.

The request for information followed a formal complaint made by Sun Microsystems alleging features within Windows 2000 desktop and server software make it difficult for Sun to compete.

The Competition Council filed the request at the beginning of February and gave the software giant until the beginning of March to reply.

Speaking at the time, John Frank, director of European law and corporate affairs at Microsoft, said the company would co-operate with the Commission, but claimed the deadline was too tight and so asked for an extension until 15 April.

Add comment

Print story

Email story

RSS

EU to investigate Windows 2000

EU investigation wipes $12bn off Microsoft share price

Update: Microsoft allowed four weeks grace

EC hands Microsoft anti-trust breathing space

Novell and Microsoft settle on $536m

In silicon.com

Commentary

silicon.com Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag… Reader Comments of the Week

Steve Ranger Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum Nostalgia 2.0...

Latest News

Lincolnshire council ditches Novell for Microsoft

Online auction slashes gov't laptop costs in half

Tech spend to top $3.4tr

Heathrow Airport: Lost laptop hotspot

Generation Y setting tech agenda

Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup

Jobs

European Gas & Power Senior Analysts Sought - London or Scotland Based

European Gas & Power Service, my client are looking to build on their capabilities to drive client growth, by hiring experienced Gas and/or Power ...

Clinical Data Co-ordinator South East Contract 6 months

Our candidates benefit from career advice from expert consultants with unrivalled access to the leading Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Contract ...

EXCLUSIVE ROLE - European SAP CRM Team Lead role - End User - 75,000

Become an instant centre for CRM know-how to the global IS team along with providing leadership ot the European CRM initiatives. This is a global ...

Special Report Focus

CIO50 2008
The silicon.com CIO50 2008 profiles the most influential and innovative tech chiefs in the UK across all industries and organisation size, from the biggest FTSE100 companies to high growth dot-com start ups and the public sector. The list was voted on by the UK CIO community and a panel of experts. Find out more in our latest special report.