engine - 11:19 am on Jun 12, 2009 (gmt 0)

IE Won't Be Bundled With Windows 7 In Europe [news.bbc.co.uk]

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. The company said it would make it easy for PC makers and users to get at and install the web browsing program. In response Brussels expressed scepticism over the move and whether it went far enough to ally accusations of it abusing its market position.

[edited by: engine at 11:48 am (utc) on June 12, 2009]