WinInfo Short Takes: Week of March 15
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Microsoft not particularly interested in drafting its own EU remedy
Antitrust regulators from the European Union (EU) are pressuring Microsoft to craft its own remedies for its violations of European antitrust law, but the company is particularly uninterested in doing so, largely because it claims to have done nothing wrong. Meanwhile, Microsoft is very much interested in a settlement, which could avoid the all-too-public denouncements from the EU in the event that the company is, as expected, declared guilty of sweeping antitrust abuses and levied a set of remedies.
More exclusive information about Windows Server 2003 R2
First revealed on the SuperSite for Windows, Windows Server 2003 R2 is targeted for a summer 2005, according to a source at Microsoft. The R2 release will combine the gold Windows 2003 release with Windows 2003 SP1 and a host of out-of-band, or "Feature Pack" updates the company has released since last April.