Andre Yoskowitz
26 Jul 2009 1:00
In an effort to settle a long standing antitrust case brought by the European Commission over the bundling of Windows OS' with Internet Explorer, Microsoft has promised to give Windows 7 buyers their choice of rival web browsers when the OS ships in October.
The OS will be pre-loaded with multiple browsers, and would-be buyers can choose from a "ballot" which browser they want. As always, users can choose one and then download another, or a few others and use whichever they want whenever they want.
The other browsers were not disclosed but the obvious choices would be Firefox, Safari, Opera and the newer Chrome.
EC officials are expected to review the proposal, after denying past Microsoft proposals.