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ECIS, a lobbyist group with a lot of Microsoft adversaries as members, is calling on regulators worldwide to stick to the European Commission (EC) in requiring Microsoft to supply a browser ballot that calls out non-Internet-Explorer options out there to Computer people.Beginning March one, Microsoft began pushing out to European Union consumers an EC-stipulated browser ballot, which tends to make it plain to consumers that although World wide web Explorer (IE) arrives preloaded on Windows PCs, one can find other browsers offered. Microsoft agreed to provide the browser ballot to EU customers operating IE as their default browser on XP, Vista and Windows seven as component of the settlement cope with the EC in an antitrust case brought versus Microsoft by browser maker Opera Software program.The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) — whose members include Opera, Adobe,Microsoft Office 2007 Key, Corel, IBM, Nokia, Oracle,Office 2010 Pro Plus Key, RealNetworks and Red Hat — is pushing for regulatory agencies in other countries to require Microsoft to deliver the browser ballot to end users outside of the EC.“Microsoft agreed to change its business practices in the face of formal charges from the Commission. Buyers deserve the same unbiased browser choice on all the world’s more than one billion personal computers,” said the ECIS in a March 2 press release.Given that Opera is a single of ECIS; members, it;s not too surprising that ECIS is making many of the same arguments Opera did when it lodged its browser-bundling complaint against Microsoft at the end of 2007. More from the ECIS press release:“Microsoft has bundled its own World wide web Explorer Net browser with Windows and most end users accept it instead of trolling the Net for alternatives. Because Windows runs on 90 percent of the world’s computers, that bundling has slowed innovation in browsers. During the first years of this century, it ground almost to a halt when there was little competition.“World-wide-web Explorer, which runs only on Windows, sometimes uses special computer coding. Web pages created to those special standards will not run properly on other Web browsers, making it necessary to use a Microsoft system to read them.”As I;ve said before,Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, I think the browser ballot is a good thing. While IT professionals and power users know you will discover choices other than IE on the market and know how to get alternative browsers,Office Home And Student, quite a few non-tech-savvy Computer users do not.That said,Office 2010 Activation, to me, it would be a waste of time and money for other regulatory bodies to have to hear cases introduced by Microsoft;s competitors in order for the ballot screen to become a globally offering. Unfortunately, I don;t see Microsoft proactively offering the browser ballot to people worldwide — especially not while its total browser market share continues to slide…Do you see any upsides (or downsides) to the Softies offering the ballot screen to consumers globally? I;ve heard from a couple of EU buyers that they think Microsoft has structured the ballot poorly, making it difficult for people who do really want IE to get it. Anyone else having that same experience?