<p>“Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case about the tying of Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser with Windows,” said a statement.<br /><br />It said computer users would be able to “easily install competing web browsers, set one of those browsers as a default, and disable Internet Explorer” from the ballot screen.<br /><br />The commission, Europe’s top competition watchdog, opened a new front in its epic anti-trust battle with Microsoft in January.<br /><br />It hit the company with fresh charges of unfairly squashing competition by bundling its Internet Explorer web browser into its ubiquitous Windows personal computer operating system.<br /><br />Under the plan, 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.</p>
<p>“Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case about the tying of Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser with Windows,” said a statement.<br /><br />It said computer users would be able to “easily install competing web browsers, set one of those browsers as a default, and disable Internet Explorer” from the ballot screen.<br /><br />The commission, Europe’s top competition watchdog, opened a new front in its epic anti-trust battle with Microsoft in January.<br /><br />It hit the company with fresh charges of unfairly squashing competition by bundling its Internet Explorer web browser into its ubiquitous Windows personal computer operating system.<br /><br />Under the plan, 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.</p>
