So bundles can entice some consumers to buy consoles earlier, especially when they are offered the choice of buying either the bundle or the console.

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The European Commission ruled last year that Windows cannot automatically bundle IE when it ships out but offer consumers a choice of browser (following a complaint from Norwegian software maker Opera).

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When we come out the other side, we'll have the choice of our telephone company versus our cable-television company for the same big bundle of services.

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