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: Truth on the MarketBreaking Antitrust News: Imposing Duty to Promote Rivals Helps Rivals
Norway’s Opera said Thursday that downloads of its browser more than doubled after Microsoft Corp. was forced to give European users a choice of Web software to settle European Union antitrust charges. Microsoft started sending updates to Windows computers in Europe in early March that launches a pop-up screen telling them to pick one or more of 12 free Web browsers to download and install, including Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Opera Software ASA said European downloads of its newest desktop browser increased 130 percent between March 12-14, after the updates were sent out. It saw the highest increase in Poland, where downloads went up 328 percent.
Here are some details on what the browser choice screen looks like in practice, or here.
Full post as published by Truth on the Market on March 19, 2010 (boomark / email).
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