Microsoft asks EU to accept US settlement
Microsoft has asked EU anti-monopoly enforcers to accept the terms of the proposed settlement it has negotiated with the US government.
It says complaints it faces in Europe will be "inevitably affected" by concessions it made in the deal with the White House.
The company was alleged to have abused its monopoly in the software market and overcharged millions of computer buyers.
Microsoft's confidential response to the anti-trust case in Europe is outlined in a 102-page court filing.
It says "all of the areas" of the most recent anti-trust complaints in Europe are covered by the US settlement, which the trial judge must still approve.
Microsoft is urging EU anti-trust officials to consider what it described as the "extraordinary nature" of its proposed US settlement, including a provision that requires it to disclose technical details about how its Windows "server" software sends data over computer networks.
The EU is investigating complaints that Microsoft is using its monopoly in Windows operating-system software for desktop computers to compel consumers also to use its server software.
Some of Microsoft's newest features, for securing sensitive data and moving information more easily on to laptops, require both server and desktop computers running different versions of Windows.
