EC accepts Microsoft's IE proposals.

(From vnunet)

The European Commission (EC) has today announced that it is satisfied with Microsoft's efforts to give users a choice of browsers, which the firm first suggested in July of this year.

The announcement follows years of wrangling, and a number of fines, as the parties sought to reach an agreement on how to tackle the anti-competitive nature of including Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the default browser on Windows machines.

Today's decision will give users a range of browsers to choose from, alleviates the EC's concerns, and boosts consumer choice, according to the EC.

Microsoft has agreed to offer new options within Windows, and let …