The EU asks PC makers to answer 8 questions: has Microsoft ever pressured

June 9, according to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter said that EU regulators asked major PC manufacturers whether Microsoft had pressured it to oppose a European Union plan that would allow individual consumers to choose to preinstall other browsers when buying new PCs.　　Two people familiar with the matter, who declined to be named because of confidential documents, said the European Commission had sent questionnaires to major PC makers asking about their communication with Microsoft. This January, the European Commission accused Microsoft of bundling IE in windows that could hurt individual consumers ' choices and product innovation.　　Since then, Microsoft said in a regulatory filing to the US Securities Commission on January 18 that the company may be forced to disable certain software codes and provide PC users with the right to choose their browsers freely. Microsoft's dispute with the European Commission has deepened over the past 1.5 years as it has been under investigation for IE and Windows bindings.　　Earlier, the European Commission ruled that it was illegal for Microsoft to illegally secure network data to rivals and to bind media players in the operating system. Eight issues in the European Union the survey included eight questions, including three on the relationship between PC makers and Microsoft, according to the person familiar with the matter.　　He said the European Commission was seeking to determine whether Microsoft had asked PC makers to provide any specific statement to regulators. The remaining five questions require PC makers and browser makers to comment on the European Union's proposed voting solution.　　He said the European Commission was looking for information on which browsers to include, what additional browsers should be used, and how to nominate candidate browsers.　　He also said the questionnaire did not ask whether Microsoft had forced PC manufacturers to preinstall browsers in their products. "We have heard from the PC vendor partners that they are very concerned about the financial and business implications of the recent voting measures initiated by some competitors," Microsoft said in a statement. "We encourage them to share their concerns with the European Commission," he said. "Microsoft's Brussels spokeswoman Jessi Bostrite Jesse Verstraete said Microsoft has not seen the EU questionnaire for the time being, nor has it objected to pressure on PC makers."　　Jonathan Todd, a spokesman for the European Commission, said the commission was in the Jonathan Tode of an antitrust case, but did not comment on the questionnaire. Author: Black Cat