LOL I just read this article:

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/windows-7-to-be-shipped-in-europe-sans-internet-explorer.ars

If it is to be believed, the following points are important.

* MS is removing IE voluntarily from W7 for EU, not under govt. order, but in anticipation of trouble

• Computer makers and OEM's are free to bundle whatever they want with W7, including IE
• If you buy W7 yourself, you have no browser and no FTP client with which to download the browser of your choice. LOL!!! You will have to get additional software and install it via CD.

They talk about the success and acceptance of the EU version of Windows without Windows Media Player. I think the reaction to having NO built-in way to access the Internet might be a bit different.

Note that nowhere in any of this is the loss of HTML componentry promised. There have to be ways to render HTML content within an application, regardless of whether IE is installed or not.

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