Microsoft may face hefty fines over lack of browser choice in Windows 7

Microsoft has conventionally released Windows with Internet Explorer as its default browser. This, it has been argued, leads to a distortion of competition in the browser market. As a result, European Union had bound Microsoft to introduce a ‘browser choice’ in Windows 7, so as to let Windows 7 users install a browser other than IE.

However, Microsoft didn’t include the update in Windows 7 with service pack 1, copies of which were given to nearly 28 million users! So essentially, these users were deprived of the ‘browser choice’ when they received those copies. (more…)

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