Microsoft Offered to Provide Browser Ballot in Windows 7
Browser Ballot in Windows7
Microsoft has planned to provide browser ballot in Windows 7 favored by the European Commission. Using this let the users can decide which browser to install. The alternatives to Internet Explorer include Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox. Microsoft planned to ship a special European version without browser for Windows 7. It would created major headache for users, those who not able to download a browser, it make an upgrade to Windows 7 more difficult.
Microsoft General counsel Mr. Brad Smith said “ Under our new proposal, European consumers who buy a new windows PC with Internet Explorer set as their default browser would be shown a ‘ballot screen’ from which they could, if they wished, easily install competing browsers from the Web”. But he added “ PC manufacturers building machines for the European market will continue to ship(browserless) versions of Windows 7 until that the commission fully reviews our proposals and determines whether they satisfy our obligations under European law”.
