Speaking on Friday, EU competition spokesman, Jonathon Todd announced that one of Microsoft's proposed remedies to antitrust charges levelled against it by the European Commission is insufficient.
Following consultation on Microsoft's measures to improve server interoperability, Mr Todd announced that:
"On the basis of market test results, we have serious doubts that Microsoft is complying with the interoperability remedy."
The software giant had been ordered to share data protocols with competitors, in order to assist them in developing products which can interact efficiently with Microsoft-powered office servers.
However, the EC spokesman explained on Friday that under the remedy proposed by Microsoft:
"It is very difficult for potential beneficiaries to have access to the documentation to evaluate whether it is worthwhile to take out a license."
In addition, he revealed that open source vendors are excluded from the Microsoft proposal, and that anyone seeking to license a certain protocol must purchase an expensive all-in-one license.
He went on to conclude that over and above the other issues raised during the consultation:
"It would appear that the level of royalties applied would be unjustified."
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