EU-Microsoft talks fail, fine to follow

Settlement talks with Microsoft failed today and the EU’s anti-trust chief said he would propose that a precedent-setting ruling against the US software giant be adopted next week.

“We made substantial progress toward resolving the problems that had arisen in the past but we were unable to agree on commitments for future conduct,” said Competition Commissioner Mario Monti. “In the end I had to decide what was best for competition and consumers in Europe.”