Microsoft: The EU version of Windows 7 will not be bound to IE

It may be that the EU's anti-monopoly fines are somewhat unreasonable, and Microsoft is cautious about entering Windows 7 into Europe. According to foreign media reports, Microsoft said on Thursday that Microsoft's Windows 7 sold in the EU market will not be bound to Internet Explorer, a move aimed at eliminating EU regulators' concerns about the company's unfair competition to suppress other browser makers. Worried.

The European Commission will soon decide on the Microsoft antitrust case filed in January. The lawsuit alleges that Microsoft abuses its market dominance and binds IE browser to the Windows operating system. Avoid positive competition from competitor products. So far, Microsoft has been raising objections, saying that IE browser is an integral part of the Windows system, so it should not be separated. But Microsoft now plans to pull IE out of the European version of the Windows 7 system, which will be released later this year. Microsoft said in an internal memo: "To ensure compliance with EU law, Microsoft will launch a version of Windows 7 specifically for sale in the EU market, which will not be bundled with Internet Explorer. & rdquo; This memo was made public today on the CNET website, and Microsoft confirmed the truth of the memo. Analysts said Microsoft's move may be good news for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.