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Microsoft ran afoul of anti-monopoly legislation. Google (a) do not have a monopoly of the desktop OS market and (b) Chrome OS will be open source, so people would be able to legally distribute Chrome OS without a browser (or more likely, a different rendering engine).

They will only get into trouble if they manage to pick up any sort of significant market share.

If the Google browser is a flop no one will care less.

i don't think anyone will force them to if they say that their OS is a browser.

I seriously doubt Google will be charging any money for Chrome.

So? Microsoft has never charged for any version of IE.

I meant Chrome OS.

If MS Windows is given away for free on new laptops, by filling the OS with banner ads and then bribing manufacturers to bundle it, would the EU still require IE to be removed?