The European Commission had imposed a Thanksgiving Day deadline on Microsoft to make Windows Server documentation available that will enable third party developers to create interoperable software.
In turn, Microsoft has claimed repeatedly that the documents they have provided over the past two years were what the antitrust settlement demanded. Both sides have disputed effectiveness of the documentation Microsoft made available for licensing to developers.
Last week, the Commission demanded that Microsoft either provide the required documents or face a string of daily fines, backdated to July 31st. The total fine could have been over $440 million just for the period between then and Thanksgiving.
However, Microsoft managed to make good on the deadline. The company announced that they had delivered on the request, 8,500 pages in 100 documents. These documents had been in review by Microsoft and a Trustee appointed by the Commission to ensure they would be usable by developers.
“The submission of technical documentation in July, and the revision process since then, has been an unprecedented undertaking involving over 300 engineers and technical writers at Microsoft,” a Microsoft spokesperson said.
“The Trustee’s team of 7 technical experts has worked tirelessly over the past four months to give us feedback on the enormous volume of technical documentation that we submitted in July, and we have incorporated their input into the documents.”
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David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.
