由於涉嫌的反競爭準則，英國計算機代辦處Becta勸告學校不簽署與微軟的使用協定。

… Becta的一位發言人說問題是微軟要求學校有每臺個人計算機的執照在也許使用它的軟件的學校，他們是否如此實際上做着或跑的其他。 讀充分的文章在BBC新聞 (通過 Slashdot)

專利申請從Microsoft.Â詞發生故障我。 讀什麼Wired.Com必須認為。

“…In all my years working as a journalist, I’ve never seen any technology company spin information the way Microsoft did today. The press release on OOXML ratification is a blueprint for spinning semantics, and the stringing together of truths and half-truths to seemingly make the outcome of one event something else altogether. Microsoft’s press release and statements contained therein are shocking. The amount of propaganda conveyed by this one press release is reason for Microsoft customers or partners to reflect on their dealings with the company.” Read the full article.

“…Seven states are pushing back against the Department of Justice’s assessment that the landmark antitrust settlement between the United States and Microsoft has removed the anticompetitive obstacles created by the software maker and resulted in more competition in the middleware market. In fact, according to attorneys for California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, known as the “California Group” of plaintiffs, “Microsoft’s market power remains undiminished and … key provisions of the final judgment-those relating to middleware- have had little or no competitively significant impact.” Read the full article.