Apparently the European Union is considering requiring Microsoft to remove IE from the versions of Windows that it sells in Europe. This despite the fact, as reported by the Competitive Enterprise Institute:
How would the average user even select a preferred browser in the first place without a pre-installed browser? While OEMs could always pre-install a browser, anyone who wanted to install (or reinstall) a browserless version of Windows from scratch would need to jump through hoops just to get online.
More to the point, Opera