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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 31 January 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 In a brief statement, Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel Brad Smith said "We will continue to comply fully with the consent decree. We are gratified that the court recognized our extensive efforts to work cooperatively with the large number of government agencies involved." Featured Whitepaper
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On that last point, the judge also found that "there is no reason why the type of documentation finally being created under the RESET plan could not have been created from the outset if the necessary resources had been devoted [by Microsoft]." Smith also pointed out that "We built Windows Vista in compliance with these rules, and we will continue to adhere to the decree's requirements." The judge's comments noted that the states "were actually able to effect changes to Vista in advance of its release, particularly with respect to the methods for setting default middleware." (The consent decree meant Windows users had to be given the ability to specify that certain actions would by default run software other than that provided by Microsoft, for example Firefox in place of Internet Explorer.) Other provisions of the consent decree make it easier for Microsoft's OEM customers to configure Windows as they see fit, and to ship computers with software (including operating systems) that are not Microsoft products; and for software developers to create, promote or support software that competes with Microsoft products. |
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