States, DOJ concerned over Microsoft licensing terms
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
The Justice Department and 16 states raised concerns yesterday about the rates Microsoft Corp. is charging for technical information that lets competitors' software work more effectively on the company's Windows operating system.
In their first formal status report to the judge overseeing the company's compliance with its antitrust settlement, the department and states, including New York and California, said they may need to seek a court order to ensure that Microsoft licenses the technical information in a "reasonable and non-discriminatory" manner.