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Implementation of Commitments and Conclusion
From the beginning of March, Microsoft started implementing its
commitments. The Commission declared the implementation of these
commitments on 2 March 2010 in a press release
12
.
It is expected that the browser Choice Screen will be displayed on over
100 million personal computers (PCs) in Europe till mid-May
13
. Therefore,
the users of Windows PCs with Internet Explorer as their default web
browser benefit from a browser Choice Screen and have the possibility of
choosing between Internet Explorer and competing web browsers
14
.
12 For further information please see Commission’s Press Release no. IP/10/216, dated 2 March
2010.
13 The central page of the choice screen is also available to any internet user at http://www.
browserchoice.eu. The Choice Screen will contain information on the 12 most widely-used
web browsers that run on Windows. It will allow users to easily download and install one
or more of these web browsers. The list of browsers included on the Choice Screen will be
updated every six months on the basis of several independent sources of market share informa-
tion. The actual list of browsers contains: Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, AOL, Maxthon, K-Meleon, Flock, Avant Browser, Sleipnir,
and Slim Browser.
14 For further information on the new system, please see the Citizen Summary provided on the
official website of the European Commission.