Opera says its browser opening up the system grows with Microsoft

Opera Software said it has seen a growth in downloads of its browser, after Microsoft began to European users the option to choose the browser of their smaller rivals.

"Since the implementation of the choice of browser screen, Opera downloads have more than tripled in the major European countries, including Belgium, France, Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom," said Rolf Assev, chief strategy officer of Opera.

The European Union regulators agreed on December 16, Microsoft's commitment to give European consumers better access to rival browsers on Windows, ending a long antitrust dispute with the U.S. manufacturer.
Since early this week, Microsoft has allowed users to more than 100 million computers old and new browsers to select from 12, among which include her own, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari or Google Chrome .