Opera says selling Windows 7, minus browser, in Europe won't restore competition

Microsoft bent to pressure from European Union antitrust regulators today, saying that it will ship Windows 7 to the EU market this fall minus Internet Explorer 8. The company made the call this week to keep Windows 7's European ship date in sync with the rest of the world.

Microsoft last week announced that Windows 7 would go on sale Oct. 22.

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