Microsoft offers rivals unlimited interop tech support

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Microsoft on Wednesday offered "free, unlimited technical support" to rivals interested in making their software work with Microsoft servers, saying it wanted to comply with a landmark EU antitrust ruling.

"We are committed to doing everything in our power to address the Commission's concerns," Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said in a statement.

A spokesman for the EU's antitrust office said the Microsoft offer "seems to be a constructive proposal," but said the company needed to make more efforts to fully fall in line with the EU's 2004 ruling.