CRN is reporting on the possibility that Microsoft will delay the release of Windows Vista in Europe, depending on the antitrust requirements of the European Commission.

Microsoft and the European Commission are tossing blame back and forth, each accusing the other as being the one responsible for any potential delays to the early 2007 release for the operating system.  Microsoft claims it needs EC response and review of Vista to ensure compliance with the commission's antitrust ruling against the company.  They claim to want to make sure the product is complaint with the commission's requirements before the product goes on shelves, to avoid after-the-fact revisions.

The EC says that review of the product isn't its' responsibility to review the product, that it has presented Microsoft with the requirements to comply as a near-monopolist and that the company has what it needs to release a compliant product.