Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Microsoft, EU agree on name

<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1780045,00.asp">Microsoft and the European Commission have agreed</A> the software giant can sell a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system under the name "Windows XP Home Edition N", according to Microsoft. The deal represents a small step in Microsoft's long battle with the European Union's executive, which last year ruled the software giant had abused the near-monopoly of Windows to crush competition, fined it nearly 500 million euros ($650 million), and ordered it to change its business practices. The Commission ordered Microsoft to sell a version of Windows without its Windows Media Player audiovisual software and the two clashed over a suitable name.

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