Microsoft confirms that Vista would give users enough flexibility

Microsoft confirms that Vista would give users enough flexibility

It was expected after the problems Microsoft has been facing in the European and US market in relation to antitrust lawsuits. Microsoft has clarified that the consumers would be free to choose their favorite default search engine in the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

This is just one of the many steps Microsoft is taking to showcase itself as a friendly company. They have gained a reputation of crushing their competitors by bundling their own applications with the operating system products.

Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel said in a statement that the company is adopting a voluntary set of principles to guide development of its market-dominating operating system. These would be followed in a way, which would promote competing products along with their own solutions.

Smith said in a statement on this new initiative by Microsoft: “If a computer manufacturer wants to set a competing search service … so that service runs by default, they can do so.”

Microsoft is due to launch Windows Vista operating system early next year in the retail markets.