Last week we saw Microsoft coming under fire in Europe. When one talks about the EU, however, there’s a distinction to be made. Brits tend to think of the EU as continental Europe, whose attitude and response to Microsoft has been lukewarm for quite some time, unlike Britain which happily lets itself be shackled by Microsoft.

A new push for the Web browser ballot to be deployed on all Windows installers/OEM PCs; other abuses of Microsoft in Europe

Ongoing Microsoft abuses receive the attention of more than one nation

Microsoft's latest steps in Europe are dissected despite great secrecy. A WHILE ago we showed that one familiar Microsoft lobbying arm had just published an anti-Free software paper.

A detailed overview of Microsoft's latest activities in Europe, using lobbies

Initiatives in Europe push open standards further; Patrick Durusau tries to bury Microsoft's foul behaviour

Italy is the latest nations to be going after Microsoft for its market abuses and removal of choice

"We've seen now reports from Italy and Portugal of what some are describing as a kind of ballot-stuffing on the part of Microsoft and supporters to get Ecma-376 approved as an ISO standard. Trust me when I tell you that you haven't heard the half of it yet. I feel safe in saying that you will never hear the phrase "fast tracking" again, without remembering what you are about to read."

Microsoft has just announced that it will ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer