The European commission is forcing Microsoft to ship Windows without a browser.
While OEMs will have access to a free "IE8 pack" that allows them to add the browser back in, consumers who purchase retail copies will not have a browser that they can use to download a browser. Therefore, Microsoft will offer IE8 via CD, FTP, and retail channels. It looks like Mozilla, Opera, Google, and Apple will have to do the same if they want European Windows 7 adopters to have access to their browsers.
This is the stupidest thing ever. You had to install a browser in Windows from a CD more than 15 years ago.
Ridiculous.
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