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The browser-less E editions of Windows 7 aimed for European markets could get Internet Explorer 8 after all, a move that would effectively contribute to killing off the EU-tailored editions prematurely. Last week, Microsoft submitted a proposal to the European Antitrust Commission involving the integration of a browser ballot with the fully-fledged editions of Windows 7, complete with the Internet Explorer 8 component. Via the browser ballot, users would be able to choose whether they want to use IE8, or any other competitive product. Below you will be able to find a screenshot with the Windows 7 browser ballot for users in the EU, courtesy of Microsoft. “Under our new proposal, among other things, European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer set as their default browser would be shown a ‘ballot screen’ from which they could, if they wished, easily install competing browsers from the Web. If this proposal is ultimately accepted, Microsoft will sh!
ip Windows in Europe with the full functionality available in the rest of the world. As requested by the Commission, we will be publishing our proposal in full here on our website as soon as possible,†revealed Brad Smith, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Microsoft.The Redmond-based company has not k...
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