EU withdraws from global changes to Windows
crn.com | at | by Mike
European regulators considered forcing Microsoft to change the way it sells its Windows software around the world but decided to limit the draft order to Europe to avoid charges of overreaching, according to sources familiar with the case.
While some in Competition Commissioner Mario Monti's circle then argued for making it global, others with responsibility for trade and single market issues warned that doing so could make the EU look hypocritical on the issue of 'extraterritoriality' a sore subject with Washington especially.