Posted 07/28/09 at 09:40:10 AM by Pulkit Chandna
Microsoft had to cough up $193 million in legal charges during its fiscal fourth quarter, the (depressing) results of which it announced on Friday. Now, it has forestalled the possibility of being slapped with another hefty fine. The Redmond-based software giant has bowed to EU’s demand that it let OEMs have the ability to bundle any other browser besides Internet Explorer with Windows.
"The European Commission can confirm that Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case,” EU revealed in a statement.
Microsoft had been hoping EU would allow it to ship Windows without a browser. EU had agreed to this solution when bundling of Windows Media Player was at issue, but the results proved that it was just a ruse. Had EU lent its seal of approval to Microsoft’s favorite solution, the company would have found it very easy to influence OEMs.
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/opulent_rigs_0
[2] http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/07/microsoft-caves-to-eu-pressure-will-offer-browser-ballot.ars
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/firefoxs_market_share_record_high_still_a_distant_second_internet_explorer
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/firefox_exec_doesnt_want_browser_be_bundled_with_windows
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/bedeviled_by_ie_browser_crashes_try_these_fixes
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