US antitrust officials praise Microsoft for protocol licensi

WinInfo | at | by Mike

In sharp contrast with the never-ending criticisms and increasingly baseless investigations it faces in the European Union, Microsoft is finding a surprising level of support from antitrust officials in the US. As part of a regularly scheduled status report on the software giant's 2002 US antitrust settlement, US federal and state antitrust officials recently praised Microsoft for its efforts to lower the cost of royalties associated with licensing its technologies to third parties.

In the jointly-filed status report, antitrust officials from the US Department of Justice and several states said that the "substantial reduction in royalties are positive steps [that will] promote interoperability with Windows clients.