Faced with a world with email alone is putting pressure on the EU for demanding such a ridiculous compromise on Microsoft's part. What is the point in having the Internet to browse if you have no way of using it? Email.
This not only means end users of Windows 7 will not be able to immediately browse the web, but network administrators will be forced to potentially sit down at every workstation and install a browser. This Windows 7 version, the only version available in the European Union, comes with all the core functionality that Internet Explorer has, simply with the iexplore.exe application missing. PC manufacturers may choose to install an alternative browser instead of IE8, and has always been the case, they may install multiple browsers if they wish." Microsoft will offer IE8 separately and free of charge and will make it easy and convenient for PC manufacturers to pre-install IE8 on Windows 7 machines in Europe if they so choose. "To ensure that Microsoft is in compliance with European law, Microsoft will be releasing a separate version of Windows 7 for distribution in Europe that will not include Windows Internet Explorer.
ZDNet's sister site, .uk, reported this when the news broke that Microsoft would be following the orders of the EU: Meanwhile, novice consumers are baffled and confused as to how they will get a browser installed on their computer.įor those who are unaware of the antitrust battle which Microsoft and the European regulators have been locked in horns over these last few years: The EU thinks Microsoft aren't being fair by including Internet Explorer, their own web browser, in with their own operating system, pushing out the competition such as Mozilla's Firefox browser, Apple's Safari browser, and Google's newcomer browser, Chrome. Network adminstrators around Europe are loading their weapons, stockpiling painkillers, knotting their ropes and sharpening their blades at the prospect of Windows 7 E.
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