European Union regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle a long and costly antitrust battle with Microsoft Corp. with a deal to give Windows users a choice of web browsers.Microsoft promised the changes after the EU charged it with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system installed on most of the world's desktop computers. The European Commission said it would on Friday formally seek feedback from computer manufacturers, software companies and consumers on Microsoft's offer to allow users to pick one of 12 browsers when they install Windows. They have a month to respond to regulators.If the feedback is positive, that could see Microsoft's offer turned into a legally binding settlement to last five years. It would end the EU antitrust case on browsers without adding to the $2.5 billion in fines that the company has already racked up.
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