Brussels, July 25: Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday.
The European Commission has charged the company with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system installed on most of the world’s desktop computers.
It said Microsoft is suggesting that consumers pick a browser from several offered on a ballot screen in its new software release, Windows 7, which will go on sale Oct. 22.
Under the plan, Windows and rival browsers including Firefox (Mozilla), Google’s Chrome or Opera by Norway’s Opera Software will now be placed before consumers at the point when they set up a new computer’s operating preferences.
–Agencies–