Our preferred solution was Microsoft providing a way to download and install IE and other browsers as soon as you’re connected to the net, and according to the latest news from the European Commission, this is exactly how it's going to go down.
Microsoft's proposed solution is a "browser ballot", meaning you could choose between several web browsers after installing Windows 7. The European Commission said that Microsoft has "improved" their proposal. Their preliminary view is that the proposal will address their concerns "that PC users should have an effective and unbiased choice between Internet Explorer and competing Web browsers to ensure competition on the merits and to allow consumers to benefit from technical development and innovation both on the Web-browser market and on related markets, such as Web-based applications." Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith, said the company was "pleased by today's decisions."