Microsoft to appeal European sanctions
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Microsoft is appealing the sanctions the European Commission imposed today on Microsoft for anti-competitive behavior, giving the company 90 days to offer a version of the Windows operating system without Media Player and 120 days to disclose greater interface information so rival servers can interoperate with Microsoft products.
Microsoft will seek a suspension of the remedies because removing Media Player code from Windows will break not only the Media Player but other features in Windows as well, Smith said. Web sites, including those of the Italian parliament and Swedish broadcasting organization, and numerous applications will not function properly. Among the applications that won't work are voice narration that explains to new users how to use the computer and the operating system, and close captioning for the hearing impaired, he added.