BrowserChoice.eu
Sign in to saveBrowserChoice.eu was a website created by Microsoft in March 2010 following a decision in Microsoft Corp. v. European Commission. The case involved legal proceedings by the European Union against Microsoft and found that, by including Internet Explorer with their market-dominant Windows operating system, Microsoft had used this dominance to create a similar market position in the web browser market. The BrowserChoice.eu website was created to allow users that had not made, or were unaware of, a choice to try other browsers, and thus comply with the European Commission's ruling.
Key facts
- Website.screenshot
- File:BrowserChoice.gif
- Website.caption
- Screenshot of browser choice screen initially showing five leading browsers in a random order. The user can scroll across the page to reveal some more possible browsers in another random order.
- Website.name
- BrowserChoice.eu
- Website.dissolved
- January 2015
- Website.area_served
- European Union
- Website.creator
- Microsoft
- Website.products
- Web browsers
- Website.registration
- None
- Website.launch_date
- 2010
- Website.current_status
- Defunct
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserChoice/browserchoice_en.htm
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- inception
- 2010-00-00
- discontinuation date
- 2014-12-00
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BrowserChoice.eu was a website created by Microsoft in March 2010 following a decision in Microsoft Corp. v. European Commission. The case involved legal proceedings by the European Union against Microsoft and found that, by including Internet Explorer with their market-dominant Windows operating system, Microsoft had used this dominance to create a similar market position in the web browser market. The BrowserChoice.eu website was created to allow users that had not made, or were unaware of, a choice to try other browsers, and thus comply with the European Commission's ruling.
Microsoft's legal obligation to display the website expired in December 2014. It was discontinued on December 18, 2014, stating only "[visit] the websites of web browser vendors directly", before going offline during 2015.