"The European Commission takes note of (the) announcement by Microsoft of its intention to commit to a number of principles in order to promote interoperability with some of its high market share software products," the European Commission said.<\/p>\n
"This announcement does not relate to the question of whether or not Microsoft has been complying with EU antitrust rules in this area in the past," it added in a statement.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Thursday, Microsoft said it was making "broad-reaching changes" to its technology and business practices to enhance the ease with which its software interacts with partners, customers, and competitors.<\/p>\n
The software giant said its new principles include ensuring open connections, promoting data portability, increasing support for open connections, and fostering closer ties with the "open-source community."<\/p>\n
The European Commission has long accused Microsoft of abusing its dominant market power by making software that is incompatible with products made by its rivals.<\/p>\n
In September, Microsoft lost an appeal before Europe's second-highest court against a fine of nearly 500 million euros that EU regulators slapped on the company in 2004 for abusing its dominant market power.<\/p>\n
Since its court victory, the European Commission has launched a new investigation targetting the interoperability of a broad range of software, including Microsoft's popular Office package, with rival products.<\/p>\n
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