[ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

John Matthews jakewc2 at sky.com
Tue Jul 7 20:59:35 BST 2009


Sean Miller wrote:
> "European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web
> browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules,
> Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer *snip"
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8096701.stm
>
> That could be quite a turning point in the browser wars.
>
> Sean
>
>   
Yeh, but its costing us, MS are charging the EU almost a 1/3rd more than 
elsewhere for W7 upgrades. It seems that MS are going to make us pay for 
that.

John.



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