MS bows down to opera and adds ballot box

[Black_Apalachi]

The EU is ******ed, it's Microsofts own product. They should be allowed to ship it with whatever they want to. If I was Microsoft I would just say okay Europe you aren't getting Windows 7.

Haha that's the best idea .

This is coming from someone who hates Microsoft and especially IE and who actually uses Opera as a secondary browser after FF:

This whole thing is stupid though. Surely the same principle could apply to hundreds of companies in dozens of markets? :S Imagine if Ford made a car, but when you went to buy it, it didn't have any tyres because they had to ask you which ones you wanted out of a selection before they could fit them (not the best example I know, because they don't make their own tyres, but you get what I mean).

Even in the same market, as was mentioned above - are Apple being forced to do this? Considering more people use Safari and hate IE surely they should pick on them? I don't see why they are targeting MS :rolleyes:.

[Recursion]

The EU is ******ed, it's Microsofts own product. They should be allowed to ship it with whatever they want to. If I was Microsoft I would just say okay Europe you aren't getting Windows 7.

Also this is not even the full story. Microsoft won - it was supposed to be Windows 7 'E' but then Microsoft had this idea so the told the EU the EU accepted and now Microsoft Windows 7 is shipping with IE8 and then this screen comes up VIA and update.

And lose millions upon millions of potential customers? No lol.

Imagine if they didn't ship it with any web browser! DOWNLOAD UR FIREFOX NOW!

It doesn't, at the bottom of most W7 pages on the MS site it tells you to have a browser ready on a CD/DVD/USB stick or some other form of media.

[William93]

And lose millions upon millions of potential customers? No lol.




It doesn't, at the bottom of most W7 pages on the MS site it tells you to have a browser ready on a CD/DVD/USB stick or some other form of media.

How is someone who isn't very good at computers managed to do that?

[MrPinkPanther]

It's totally ridiculous. I can however seeing it help chrome greatly. The generally Tech savvy person will be using Firefox already and those who aren't so Technologically minded will go with what they recognize which will be Microsoft or Google.

[Judge Judy]

How is someone who isn't very good at computers managed to do that?

Well there's bound to be a load of tech. tutorials on how to do it.

[Recursion]

Well there's bound to be a load of tech. tutorials on how to do it on the internet, which requires a web browser

Fail. You can really guess why LMAO

[Jahova]

And Macs get to ship with their own browser, without a choice. What a load of tripe.

[Blob]

Couldn't Microsoft just ship Windows with another disc with IE on?

[Judge Judy]

Fail. You can really guess why LMAO

Can go get a 'for dummies book', or they may have multiple computers minus windows 7 to look on how to do it

[Nli.]

I like this actually, it means some noobs might, just might pick another web browser other than IE. This is good news in my opinion.

That's kind of unfair calling people who use IE (or dont want to change browsers) noobs.