Judge: Microsoft antitrust pact working
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A federal judge on Friday said she was satisfied with Microsoft's efforts to comply with its landmark antitrust settlement after the company announced new steps, including free access to some of its Windows operating system code. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the 2002 settlement with the government was working and she brushed aside concerns from the Justice Department that a key provision had failed to live up to expectations.
"The decree seems to be operating," Kollar-Kotelly said. "We only have concerns about one provision."
She said some of Microsoft's competitors might be holding off on licensing the Windows protocols because they are waiting for the outcome of "external proceedings," a reference to a separate antitrust case the European Commission is pursuing against Microsoft.