Microsoft denies abusing its market position, claims IE supports a "wide range of Web standards" and says it has no intention of unbundling IE and Windows.
Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, would not rule out an appeal as the company processed a judgement by the European Court of First Instance.
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 regulators raided the offices of Intel and a number of PC-related companies early on Tuesday as part of an antitrust investigation into the chipmaker.
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.
Vendors Symantec and McAfee have looked into the future and don't want to become the next Netscapes.
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Microsoft's chief executive may well think that a $100 PC will solve the problem of software piracy - but it's a question of who is willing to bear the cost.
Company president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer is being groomed to succeed Hector Ruiz, but first he must prove that last year's engineering mistakes were an aberration.
Although AMD has painted Intel as a bully, execs who've dealt with company draw a more ambiguous picture.
Why does everyone have to dump on Microsoft? Despite its antitrust troubles, the company has done some very good things for us all.
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