Thread: Windows Vista

Declassification of the data on the structure and operating system protocols will allow competitors, with all the data on a system to issue applications for Vista, to match the functionality and productivity so that develops Microsoft.

"Microsoft promised not to take any action against the manufacturers, developers supporting other programs" As is known, closed server versions of Windows documentation has been a subject of investigation by evrokomissii. Two years ago the company was recognized monopoly abusing its dominant market position, and fined 500 million euro.

Microsoft is also committed to disclose documents to competitors, but because the company still has not done in full, last week it agreed to pay a further 357 million dollars fine.

Microsoft experienced financial pressure and finally being stopped evrokomissiyu ignore. Now representatives of the company assure that the documentation of Vista will be in a different way. The company has published more than a dozen advisory rules to satisfy the requirement evrokomissii, which will closely monitor Vista.

"For us, this is a very responsible thing - said Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith at a meeting of the National Press Club. -- Users will control their PC. They will decide what is left of the standard set of applications. "

According to Smith, in the Internet Explorer browser for Vista will not be installed MSN search through default, and users can optionally embed search capabilities of Yahoo or Google. (Note that most alternative browsers have for several years supported such a role by default and are usually completed with Google search.)

Among other things, Windows Media Player, which also caused claims in several countries, can be easily replaced by another, for example, Apple iTunes. Competing developers will be able to license a number of patents in order to make their products more compatible with the system, the Wasington Post. Also, it would be easier to deploy in the various Windows operating system menu icons and links to programs from other manufacturers.

In general, this means new way of operating a corporation. According to Smith, they are clearly spelled out. This installation of any programs, easy access to their preferences and choices of any programmes by default. In addition, Microsoft promises to abandon pressure on the manufacturers.

Regarding access to the network, Windows will provide the user to new Internet services and make that unimpeded access. Now Windows will support common Internet standards, rather than impose a user developing.

Microsoft promised not to take any action against the manufacturers, developers supporting other programs, including competing with the products of the American giant. While unclear whether such measures would satisfy the European Union. However, according to Brad Smith, the new principles are not intended to corporate activity to resolve all claims brought by the European Union. He noted that Brussels is now more concerned about the problems with the servers and the new principles more concerned with personal computers.



These principles are not a substitute for anti-monopoly laws and not as broad as some would like, Smith acknowledged. "We do not pretend that these principles solve all problems for all time, or even now" - he said.

But they reflect the fact that Microsoft has learned a lot over the nine years that have elapsed since the beginning of his government of the United States Anti-Monopoly process. Chief among those lessons - recognition of "special responsibility for the continuation of Microsoft innovation, and to preserve competition in the ecosystem of information technology" - said Smith.