Microsoft's Bid to Settle Case in Europe Fails: "A ruling against the company, if upheld in court, could mean a fine of as much as $3 billion. More important, it could force the company to make fundamental changes in the way that it sells software in the European Union, the world's largest trading bloc, where Microsoft now generates about a third of its $11 billion in annual global sales from Windows." It would be a great step forward if Europe can drive some change. It seems every bright idea these days lives in fear that Microsoft will decide to make that idea part of Windows, ending innovation and competition in that space.