Sean Miller wrote: > "European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web > browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules, > Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer *snip" > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8096701.stm > > That could be quite a turning point in the browser wars. > > Sean > > It could be, but as pointed out on The Register on an article about this, Microsoft are making IE 8 available for OEM's and end users to easily install. What's stopping OEM's just installing this anyway?
Maybe might help though. Shame the European Government can't force the issue that PCs shouldn't have Windows pre-installed and that customers should be able to purchase a Windows installation disc or other operating system (say a restore disc tailored to the machine) separately so they can have a choice. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
