U.S. software giant Microsoft has not done enough to meet anti-trust demands made by the EU in 2004, said a European Commission spokesperson on Thursday.

"It would be quite sufficient for them to do what they are supposed to do in accordance with the commission's decision of March 2004," said Jonathan Todd in response to Microsoft's suggestion that it was willing to do more to meet EU demands.

"They only have to provide technical interface information to competitors to allow them to make products that are interoperable with Microsoft Windows. That's all."

The EU and Microsoft on Thursday started two days of closed-door hearings which Todd said provided a chance for Microsoft to give its point of view and to establish facts.

The European Commission has threatened to fine Microsoft 2 million euros (2.4 million U.S. dollars) per day for failure to provide codes that will enable its competitors to produce software that work with Microsoft's Windows system. The fine could be backdated to Dec. 15 2005.

Microsoft, under pressure from the threat, provided a technical manual in late January, which EU experts later labeled as "totally useless."

Microsoft, however, insisted the information would have been enough for its rivals.

Todd said a final decision by EU regulators would be at least several weeks away because the EU has to digest information coming from the hearings and other information provided by Microsoft.

On Wednesday, the European Commission warned Microsoft that its new operating system, Windows Vista, might infringe EU competition rules.

The new battle might delay the launch date of the operating system, which was originally due out early next year.

Source: Xinhua