Microsoft pulls EU-mandated Browser Choice website down after five years

After complying with a European Union mandate for five years, Microsoft has killed off the Browser Choice site. In a settlement with the EU’s Competition Commission, Microsoft created a screen in Windows and on the Web that offered links to alternative Web browsers. At the time, the EU contended that bundling Internet Explorer with Windows was anti-competitive. The Browser Choice site was a part of the settlement with the commission. Today Microsoft replaced the browsers on the browserchoice.eu site with the following message: This website was created by Microsoft in accordance with a decision issued by the European Commission in December 2009. The obligations imposed by…
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