Vista appears to comply with antitrust laws, report states

News Article - 23 November 2006
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Windows Vista and the newest version of Internet Explorer appear to comply with antitrust conditions laid out in 2002, a report has shown.

A joint status report issued by Microsoft and the US Department of Justice stated that the company had been carrying out "extensive testing" of the software and was meeting operating conditions.

According to the report, Microsoft was "pleased" with the success of Vista and had "addressed all outstanding middleware-related bug issues prior to Vista being released to manufacturing".

Additionally, the report states that the company has been offering a downloadable program to competitors so that they can make their systems Vista-ready.

This is to limit the chance of difficulties arising when people change their default software and also to ensure third-party applications are easy to find in surfaces such as the start menu.

Microsoft has also invited other software makers to join them alongside the engineering process at their laboratory to make sure their systems are ready for Vista, Yahoo! News reports.

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