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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Houston, TX - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) caved in to pressure from an antitrust lawsuit brought by the European Commision, agreeing tolicense all ofitsWindows Server source code or face being barred from doing business in Europe.

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Microsoft According to Brad Smith, Microsoft's senior vice president and general counsel, the move was voluntary. But critics of Microsoft's bullying market tactics say otherwise, that the EC put Microsoft in a position where they had to give up the code or face a backlash of similar accusations in other parts of the world, including the United States.

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Laptop Computers "Today we are putting our most valuable intellectual property on the table so we can put technical compliance issues to rest and move forward with a serious discussion about the substance of this case," Smith said in a prepared statement.

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Laptop Computer The European Commission has indicated that it might not accept Microsoft's move as a genuine response to its December 2005 request for documentation about how Windows can be made interoperable.

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Desktop Computer In a statement released late Wednesday by the EC, the Commission stated, "The Commission is looking forward to receiving, no later than 15th February 2006, Microsoft's reply to the Statement of Objections sent by the Commission on 21st December 2005. The Commission sent the Statement of Objections because of Microsoft's failure to disclose complete and accurate interface documentation to allow non-Microsoft workgroup servers to achieve full interoperability with Windows PCs and servers, despite its obligation to do so under the terms of the Commission's March 2004 decision that Microsoft was abusing its dominant market position."

Notebooks Microsoft believesit's going beyond the European Commission's 2004 ruling, according to Smith. But EC is waiting to see just how much of the code Microsoft reveals.

Lenovo "While we are confident that we are presently in full compliance with the decision, we wish to dispel any notion that Microsoft's technical documents are insufficient," Smith said.

Hard Drive The EC may look at Microsoft's move as a face-saving stunt, according to the language in the EC's statement. But Microsoft says that they will continue to contest the merits of the 2004 decision through the courts.

Travelstar Smith may learn that what works in America is not necessarily what will go in Europe. So far, the European Commission has taken a hard stance against Microsoft and by the looks of today's EC statement, that battle isn't over yet.

Gateway Shares of Microsoft closed up 12 cents at $26.40 Wednesday.

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