European Commission experts have concluded that U.S. software giant Microsoft violated EU antitrust rules, but their proposed remedies need refining to withstand court scrutiny, sources familiar with the case said.
The experts have proposed two major requirements -- making Microsoft share more proprietary information with its rivals and uncoupling its Media Player audio-visual software from the ubiquitous Windows operating system, sources told Reuters.
The three-year-old probe is the most politically charged competition investigation the EU executive has conducted since its controversial 2001 veto of a planned merger between U.S. corporations General Electric and Honeywell.
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