IE to lose Windows monopoly next week in Europe

Anyone else find it a bit ridiculous that 45.5% is considered a "monopoly"?<p>Anyway, as much as I disagree with Microsoft being required to do this, as an Opera user I only stand to gain from increased Opera marketshare. :)

I think that this will also be good to make users aware of what a browser is, since a lot of people just think of IE as "the internet".

Am I the only one that finds the title very misleading? This is about the browser choice when installing Windows, not a windows monopoly.

Is this going to have any impact on IE6 share? Or would anyone who gets this ballot have already been auto-updated to IE7 or 8?

How would the Windows Update work?

simple solution: just force MS to install Chrome Frame by default in IE. This may not increase awareness of other browsers, but it does make developers life easier.