The European Commission is a long way from settling on a remedy for Microsoft's alleged abuse of its dominant position in Europe's personal computer operating system market, a Commission spokeswoman said on Friday.
The Financial Times had reported on Friday that the commission was "studying" several possible remedies for its alleged violations.
"The commission has yet to come to a final conclusion, and therefore to speak of the consequences of a decision which has not yet been taken is, in my view, pure speculation and premature," said Amelia Torres, a spokeswoman for the Commission.
The commission is investigating Microsoft for allegedly designing its Windows operating system to work better with its own server software than that of its rivals. It is also concerned that the U.S. software giant has allegedly tied its Media Player software to its operating system.
The investigation began three years ago.
The Financial Times said that the commission might require that Microsoft separate Windows and Media Player and provide more information to rival makers of servers.
Those remedies are similar to ones being debated in a Washington, D.C., courtroom. Nine U.S. states have challenged a settlement reached between the Justice Department and Microsoft. The states contend the Justice Department remedies are ineffective and shot through with loopholes.
A U.S. appeals court last year upheld trial findings that Microsoft had illegally maintained its Windows monopoly by tactics that included commingling the operating system with its Internet Explorer program to fend off rival Netscape.
