And so it came to pass, after months of watching and opining and speculating, that in mid-December we got the letter from Microsoft’s attorneys. The European Commission had adopted a decision settling its current tying case with Microsoft. Among other things, this decision introduced a mandatory browser choice screen for Microsoft Windows users. Would we like to participate?
(Yes, we would.)
Our deliverables had to be submitted by January 15. Others in our (amazing, amazing) community did all the real work, but since I was asked to pick up the coordination and delivery of those pieces, I wanted to talk about them a little.
In broad strokes, Microsoft asked us for 3 things: Continue reading →
