To keep the guys at European Commission happy, Microsoft had agreed to give a users a choice of browsers. Today Microsoft has started sending a ballot on Windows Update to let Windows users in the United Kingdom, Belgium and France select their browser of choice. The rest of Europe will follow around March 1.
The browser choice screen software update will be offered as an automatic download through Windows Update for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner explained in a blog post announcing the move -
“The software update will be installed automatically, or will prompt you to download or install it, depending on which operating system you are running and your settings for Windows Update.”
I still think that this is unnecessary, what most users do the first time they start their computer is go and download their favorite browser. Maybe this will make that process easier.
