Although the CCIA has officially withdrawn its complaints, Microsoft didn't ask for the evidence the association has already submitted to the EC to be withdrawn.
In a closed door meeting convened by a European judge to discuss how best to handle the evidence submitted against Microsoft by parties that have since withdrawn from the antitrust fight - Novell and the CCIA - it was decided the material should still stand.
A Microsoft spokeswoman said: "All the parties in the meeting agreed, as Microsoft has always maintained, that the CCIA's and Novell's past testimony should remain on the record."
