Det ser ut til at det ikke kommer en europeisk versjon uten nettleser likevel.
Microsoft uttalte på fredag at de ikke vil slippe Windows 7 “E” versjonen selv om Europa ikke har godkjent denne nye planen. Denne planen tilsier at Windows 7 blir sluppet i Europa med Internet Explorer, og presenterer en skjerm hvor brukere kan velge om de skal bruke Internet Explorer eller en annen nettleser.
Microsoft hadde initielt foreslått å slippe Windows 7 uten nettleser i hele tatt, men dette så ikke ut til å gjøre EU fornøyd.
På bakgrunn av tilbakemeldinger fra PC-leverandører har Microsoft kommet med følgende uttalelse:
“In the wake of last week’s developments, as well as continuing feedback on Windows 7 E that we have received from computer manufacturers and other business partners, I’m pleased to report that we will ship the same version of Windows 7 in Europe in October that we will ship in the rest of the world.”
“One reason we decided not to ship Windows 7 ‘E’ is concerns raised by computer manufacturers and partners,” “Several worried about the complexity of changing the version of Windows that we ship in Europe if our ballot screen proposal is ultimately accepted by the Commission and we stop selling Windows 7 ‘E’. Computer manufacturers and our partners also warned that introducing Windows 7 ‘E’, only to later replace it with a version of Windows 7 that includes IE, could confuse consumers about what version of Windows to buy with their PCs.”
-Dave Heiner-Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
EU har uttalt at de ser positivt på Microsofts utspill, men saken er ennå ikke helt ferdigbehandlet i EU-systemet.
