Microsoft and EU Commission make peace

 

Neelie Kroes said she had an early Christmas present for hundreds of Millions of Eu citizens: Europeans will get to pick their browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines. "Millions of European consumers will benefit from this decision by having a free choice about which web browser they use.", Kroes said.

 

Microsoft’s Windows operating system runs more than 90 percent of all computers in the world, so this is an important breakthrough. But also, the fact that the browser wars are over, might open the road for a new era in European technology, where the European household and the American software giant could be partners in building the new digital agenda. So the early Christmas present announced by Neelie Kroes today could result in a much bigger gift to the citizens: a more open, creative, dynamic web and telecom environment for all!