A group of the world's largest technology companies complained to the European Commission on Wednesday that Microsoft was guilty of anticompetitive practices.
Microsoft pledged on Wednesday that all of its future operating systems, including Windows Vista, will abide by self-imposed rules aimed at bolstering choice and competition.
European antitrust regulators have voiced competition concerns regarding Microsoft's upcoming Vista operating system, including the possible bundling of Internet search and PDF-like formatting capabilities in the operating system.
The expected version of Windows without Microsoft's Media Player is being held up by technical issues, despite the release of the scaled-down operating system being a fundamental part of European antitrust reparations against the software giant, according to EU authorities.
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