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Microsoft Agrees to Windows 7 Browser Ballot, Exclusive Details Revealed
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-27 15:48:43 340
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We have exclusive on how browser balloting may work under Microsoft's proposal to the EU
By Jason Mick @ DailyTech
Microsoft has long offered one -- and only one -- browser with its market-leading Windows operating system -- Internet Explorer. That inside connection helped it gain over 80 percent of the market at one time, though its lead has now slipped to just below 60 percent of the total browser marketshare. Now, thanks to a 2007 complaint from third-party browser maker Opera and a subsequent investigation by the European Commission (the branch of the European Union that handles business law), that artificial advantage may finally be at an end.
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