Microsoft Will Ship Windows 7 in Europe With IE Unbundled

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 11, 2009 @08:56AM from the when-bureaucrats-slither dept.

jimmi_hendrix was one of several people to note CNET's report that 'Microsoft plans to remove Internet Explorer from the versions of Windows 7 that it ships in Europe, CNET News has learned. Reacting to antitrust concerns expressed by European regulators, Microsoft plans to offer a version in Europe that has the browser removed. Computer makers would then have the option to add the browser back in, ship another browser or ship multiple browsers, according to a confidential memo that was sent to PC makers and seen by CNET News." There's also a report at Ars Technica.

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Re:Getting Firefox? by icebike · 2009-06-11 09:13 · Score: 4, Funny

Wait till the EU finds out they are shipping an FTP client!!!
Yes, command line ftp has been in every version of windows since 95. Directions? It has directions that are equivalent to the directions shipped with IE. Seriously, when was the last time you saw a microsoft OS ship with Directions? Dos 6.0?

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