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Microsoft says Vista to allow Google search engine

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) on Wednesday said the company was adopting voluntary Windows Vista 12.jpgprinciples to guide development of its flagship Windows operating system, which will include allowing computer manufacturers to set Google and other non-Microsoft search engines as a default.

Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel, said the company was committed to creating a transparent system that allows open competition among software developers and computer manufacturers, and wide choice for customers.

"If a manufacturer wants to set competing search services … by default, they can do so," Smith said in a speech at the New America Foundation, a Washington public policy institute. Microsoft says Vista to allow Google search engine - Yahoo! News

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