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European customers will no longer be expecting to see Windows 7 E, a special version of the latest Microsoft operating system which comes without a browser. Instead, Windows 7 will ship with a browser ballot screen, which allows users to choose which application they wish to surf the web with:
"Microsoft has dumped the Internet Explorer-free version of Windows 7 that it had planned to release to the European market in the hope of appeasing antitrust regulators.
The company confirmed on Friday that after receiving nothing more than a shrug of the shoulders from the European Commission, following Microsoft’s offer to punt Windows 7 E to consumers, it has now ditched those plans.
Instead Microsoft will rely on users to make their decision about which browser they want to run on the firm’s Vista successor by using a ballot screen.
However, Redmond has made this move without the consent of the EC, whose investigations into the software vendor’s business practices rumble on."
You can read more at the Register here.
"Microsoft has dumped the Internet Explorer-free version of Windows 7 that it had planned to release to the European market in the hope of appeasing antitrust regulators.
The company confirmed on Friday that after receiving nothing more than a shrug of the shoulders from the European Commission, following Microsoft’s offer to punt Windows 7 E to consumers, it has now ditched those plans.
Instead Microsoft will rely on users to make their decision about which browser they want to run on the firm’s Vista successor by using a ballot screen.
However, Redmond has made this move without the consent of the EC, whose investigations into the software vendor’s business practices rumble on."
You can read more at the Register here.
