Microsoft Agrees To EU Browser Ballot Screen

An anonymous reader sends in coverage from Ars Technica of Microsoft's capitulation to the EU, after European regulators requested that Redmond bundle multiple browsers on new PCs. "Microsoft has decided that the last thing it needs in this economy is some combination of the following: fines, legal bills, and a delay of Windows 7. It has offered to adopt the European Union's preferred solution for browser competition: a browser selector screen at startup."

Comments

MS just needs to pull out.

[Drakin020]

While a risky move, Microsoft just needs to pull out of the EU and say "Piss off"

Seriously, they should have the right to bundle their browser with their OS. It's not like they are keeping other browsers from being installed.

Re:IE will still dominate

[mcgrew]

I sold my elderly mother on Firefix with its two keystroke text sizing. Firefox is a real boon to the aged. And gees, a browser is a browser; if you can use IE you can use Opera.

this disappoints me

[buddyglass]

I was sort of hoping Microsoft would stand up to the EU and refuse their ridiculous demands. Or, at the very least, take the alternate approach of just not bundling a browser at all, but adding some "wget" or "curl" like command that installers could use to pull down the browser of their choice.

Re:Google Chrome

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm European myself, and I like to bash Americans

You fucking bigots make me sick. Fucking Euro-trash piece of shit. Fuck off and die.

Re:Why not OEMs?

[hkmwbz]

telling MS to bundle other browsers is just stupid

Not when MS broke the law. It's not like Microsoft is the only company to have to bundle competitors due to their own predatory practices. You are clearly rather ignorant and bigoted.