Windows 7 has not passed antitrust check yet

Antitrust agency technical experts who test Microsoft for compliance with antitrust laws study Windows 7 more thoroughly than previous versions of Windows. This was stated by a judge of the US Department of Justice, the manager of the technical committee for Microsoft. This committee consists of three experts who deal exclusively with the consideration of Windows 7, and more since March 2008, when they received the first alpha versions.

The Redmond giant regularly provides experts with the latest beta of Windows 7, and in December sent additional documentation on the new operating system. The experts conducted a thorough analysis and yesterday published a preliminary report . As follows from it, changes in the protocols of Windows 7 require Microsoft to provide more "30 new and 87 converted technical documents."

All these procedures are a condition of the deal that Microsoft concluded with the antimonopoly service in 2002. In accordance with the agreements, it is obliged to carefully document all communication protocols so that other developers, including competitors, have a guaranteed opportunity to write compatible software for any part of the Windows platform.
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Such legal supervision of Microsoft will last until November 12, 2009.