[Am-info] EU said to spurn Microsoft settlement proposal

[Fred Miller]

"The European Commission has rejected Microsoft's offer to settle its 
antitrust case by putting competitors' software on CD-ROMs sold with 
computers, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. 

The proposal and its rejection, first reported by the Financial Times, came as 
part of continuing negotiations between the commission and the Redmond, 
Washington, software company. 

The commission believed the CD-ROMs distributed with new computers would get 
little use and would be an ineffective channel for distribution, the source 
said. 

 The commission's proposed final decision, which may not include any suggested 
remedies to its antitrust concerns, is expected to be considered by an 
advisory committee made up of representatives of the 15 European Union states 
in the first and third weeks of March, a second source familiar with the case 
said."

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