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Article: Microsoft-EC Settlement Talks Fail.(European Union. European Commission)
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- The Online Reporter
- Article date:
- March 20, 2004
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This is the same story that we e-mailed as a Newsflash on March 18.
Settlement talks between Microsoft and the European Commission have hit the wall despite the last-minute intervention of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer who flew to Brussels this week to meet face-to-face with EC regulator-in-chief Mario Monti.
Monti said Thursday morning in a film clip that negotiations failed because the EC couldn't wring concessions out of Microsoft about its "future behavior." He was referring to what would be bundled in Windows down the road. He said he wants to put strict controls on Microsoft's future conduct.
Monti also said it was important to set a legal ...