koan - 11:07 pm on Apr 12, 2011 (gmt 0)

However, the US public has consistently shown the way to the future. If the Bing trend in the US does not reverse, their success will spill over internationally.

Europeans just aren't very pro Microsoft, Google and the open source movement have a better reputation. Just look at the adoption of Firefox / Chrome compared to the US which is still very IE centric.