Microsoft 'disappointed' at EU deadline
crn.com | at | by Mike
The European Union gave Microsoft until Oct. 17 to rebut the latest antitrust charges, prompting unusually strong criticism Thursday from the software giant. Microsoft had wanted more time to answer revised allegations, issued in August, that it was illegally trying to extend its dominance with Windows operating systems into markets for servers and multimedia players.
'Ten weeks (total) to respond in comparison to the 20 months it took them to put this file together is disappointing because there's a lot of new information in there,' Microsoft spokeswoman Tiffany Steckler said.