So how can one download a competitive browser on one’s new OS installation if there's no browser at all? Going to have to have a browser installation CD on hand first... What about all the OS patches and drivers required on a new installation all requiring a browser?
Microsoft ought to remove it just to spite the EU. Then see how the people feel about their retarded bureaucrats in charge...
Gee, maybe the same way everybody did it for years, by using FTP?
It's what the browsers use internally for downloads, anyway.
And who says there can't be a browser there?
The point is to have browsers that aren't so tied into the OS that others can't compete, not to have no browsers.
FTP or WGET come to mind. Of course you can open up your package manager and pull it from a repository.