This review is to be expected given that the November 2002 consent decree was extended into 2009 after several states petitioned to make that so. The real question is, is the US "investigation" going to really do anything substantial? Or will it rubber stamp whatever it finds? Right now, we've got the TC pointing out probable issues (missing documentation in the protocols -- what else?) and, with the exception of more frequent publishing of documentation, sounds as if Microsoft is only promising to work on it. Microsoft, get a clue, do the right thing and cooperate with the rest of the software industry and you can spend your time/money building better products instead of dealing with government scrutiny.
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