Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Sep 2006 21:00 UTC
Windows Vista may not ship in the European Union at the same time that it is released in the United States as a result of possible issues with European competition law, Microsoft acknowledged on Sept. 7. The problem from Microsoft's perspective is that the EU has been slow in letting the software giant know exactly what it needs in order for Windows Vista to ship in Europe.
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2006-01-16
What you tell sounds like speculation.
Testing the software for compliance or violations seems to be a long time taking task. They needed years for their XP ruling. It would be stupid for Microsoft to hold off its products until this is done.
On the other side, MS has to consider itself what could be against the laws and what not, as everybody else has to do. If they get it wrong (again, and up till now never by accident!) the EU could rule again, but this would be years after Vista was released and MS got a lot of money out of it yet.
So what's the deal?