But, in the very remote event that the OEM would blunder by not pre-installing any browsers, or if Microsoft defiantly prevents the OEM from installing any competing browsers — which seems to be its track record which the EU knows –, there is no reason for the OEM to not make available at least as a pre-loaded installer of all of the browsers.

If the OEM does not make it difficult to find, and if the installer is designed for easy usage (e.g., so that the operation is not instead designed to appeal to tinkering geeks), a well-designed installer should pop up a well designed dialogue box saying what to do next like give a hierarchical list of the most compliant browsers, with the best on top.

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Hi John,
As to “But you can’t say that Microsoft didn’t attempt to ‘restore genuine consumer choice and enable competition on its merits,’” of course it did not and when it appears that it is doing so, it does so piecemeal, reluctantly, and anti-competitively by relying on its predatory monopoly practices to squeeze out better browsers favoring its inferior product. Remember that Explorer is there by default only because MS made it so, not because other browser companies wanted this, so give proper choice; Proper choice is good. It’s democratic and visionary. Anti-choice is anti-democratic and insular and would not be good for American citizens.