Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Monday said he thought tweaks made to the company’s much-anticipated—and oft-delayed—Windows Vista operating system (OS) addressed all the antitrust issues the European Union had with the software and the governing body is satisfied, Reuters reports. Steve Ballmer Ballmer spoke at a gathering in Rome, and said the Redmond, Wash.-based firm plans to distribute on Monday “Seattle time” the required Vista data to security firms that want to tailor their antivirus and other security offerings to the upcoming OS, according to Reuters. Microsoft has been accused by antivirus vendor McAfee and others of blocking access to the system’s core, or kernel, to create a monopoly for its Windows Live OneCare security offering, which was released in June. Kaspersky Lab, another computer security vendor based in Russia, later defended Microsoft by saying it didn’t see any efforts on the software maker’s part to block it from accessing Vista’s kernel.On Friday, Microsoft announced that it had made changes to Vista to address the European Union’s concerns, as well as those of regulators in South Korea, to cut down on the chances of facing any additional antitrust measures, Reuters reports. It also said Vista-ready products would be available before the upcoming holiday season.In early October, the software maker released what it said is the last test version of Vista, dubbed Windows Vista Release Candidate 2. Microsoft Vista has been delayed on numerous occasions. It is currently slated for release to manufacturers and enterprises in November and to consumers in January. Related Links: Microsoft Appeals E.U.’s $357M Antitrust Fine Microsoft: Vista-Ready Products to Ship by Holidays Microsoft Windows Vista RC2 Released Rivals: Microsoft Locking Others Out of Vista Security Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare Now Shipping Kaspersky: Microsoft Not Locking Rivals Out of Vista SecurityThis article is posted on our Microsoft Informer page. For more news on the Redmond, Wash.-based powerhouse, keep checking in.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe