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It seems like it’s just yesterday that Microsoft had taken Internet Explorer out of the European version of Windows 7. Now, Microsoft put in a “browser ballot” for the users.

This is the second time that Microsoft has taken a piece of bundled software out of Windows. Last time it was Windows Media Player.

This could be a good thing or bad thing, depending on how you look at it. Let’s break this down:

Even though this looks like there are more pros than cons, this could mean that a lot of other things may also get a “selector”. For example, we probably will have a media player selector in the near future since Windows Media Player is already removed in Windows E. EU could also decide that they couldn’t bundle WordPad with Windows because that’s a monopoly, therefore resulting in another selector screen. They may also decide that Paint bundled with Windows is a monopoly, which will make MS add another selector screen and so on.

That would be a lot of selectors.

Personally, I think Microsoft should be able to bundle Internet Explorer to its O/S. That is the reason why Internet Explorer exist. Forget how bad IE is, the reason of its creation is to allow Windows users to have a browser when the O/S is installed, and don’t have to go through all the trouble and get a browser themselves, although people do that anyway, to get a browser. If this EU rule is applied to the world 20 years ago, Microsoft probably wouldn’t even create a browser. Why bother when other companies already make browsers and people can just download their own browser. MS probably wouldn’t get a lot of criticism over how bad its browser is, how they are a monopoly by bundling its own browser etc.. They could also save a lot of money on developing applications like Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer.

I think my point is that even though they spent millions of dollars developing for these applications, they still get so much crap. I realize that IE is pretty bad, but they shouldn’t be sued just because they put their own software in their own O/S. They don’t deserve the amount of crap they get now.

Does this mean that Google Chrome OS don’t get to bundle Google Chrome because it is a monopoly?

Read more → Ars Technica

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