Live Poll: Is this the last we'll hear about IE stifling competition?

In January, a new European Commissioner for Competition takes his post: Joachín Almunia. His position on the global economy and Europe's role in it is crystal clear, but his take on the role individual companies -- including American firms such as Intel, Microsoft, and Google -- play in that economy, is an absolute blank slate at this point. Reliable news sources all over the European press (including those that don't publish centerfolds) openly state they are clueless as to which way Almunia will lean.

While the active pursuit of charges against Microsoft may at this point be closed, the investigation of the company by the European Commission -- and thus the case itself, at least on the books -- remains open. Given what we've seen before, what do you believe will be the next headline in this ongoing story, assuming there is one? This time around, you can add your own alternative and let others vote on it.