Brussels, 10/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - In the context of the inquiry that the European Commission is conducting against it, the American group, Microsoft, states in a press release that it had "submitted a robust response" to the Commission's Third Statement of Objections sent in August. "That response provided extensive evidence to illustrate that significant consumer choice exists in the server operating systems and digital media markets today, that Microsoft's behaviour has in no way limited its competitor's ability to interoperate with the Windows server operating system, and that Microsoft's actions have been pro-competitive and have resulted in products that offer great benefits to European consumers". Microsoft states it is confident it will find common ground with the European Commission and will defend its position during an oral hearing to open on 12 November.