OEMs and manufacturers were given the notice of Microsoft's decision earlier this week, Heiner said. Of course, they will also be free, as they are today, to install other Web browsers." This means that computer manufacturers and users will be free to install Internet Explorer on Windows 7, or not, as they prefer.
"Given the pending legal proceeding, we've decided that instead of including Internet Explorer in Windows 7 in Europe, we will offer it separately and on an easy-to-install basis to both computer manufacturers and users.
"We're committed to making Windows 7 available in Europe at the same time that it launches in the rest of the world, but we also must comply with European competition law as we launch the product," Heiner wrote. Saying that the company must abide by the law of the European Union, Microsoft Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner revealed Thursday afternoon that it has made the decision to make a European "E" version of Windows 7 available to customers there, without Internet Explorer 8 bundled.
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