In order to follow rules defined by the European Commission, Microsoft has to give customers the choice of using the internet browser of their choice with Windows 7. If you could have thought that the easiest and simplest solution would have had to pre-install them all, then you do not know Microsoft's strategyWindows 7 version to be sold in Europe might not have a single internet browser pre-installed! In other words customers will not even be able to download their favorite browser from the web they will have to get it from archive physically saved on a storage unit. Microsoft could also offer Internet Explorer (beside Corporate, this browser is not so popular anymore) on a CD to be found in the retail version of Windows 7.