EC To Pursue Antitrust Despite Microsoft's IE Move 484
snydeq writes "The European Commission will proceed with its antitrust case against Microsoft regardless of Microsoft's decision to strip IE from Windows 7 in Europe. Europe's top antitrust regulator said the EC would draw up a remedy that allows computer users 'genuine consumer choice,' noting that stripping out IE from Windows 'may potentially be positive,' but 'rather than more choice, Microsoft seems to have chosen to provide less.' Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera, whose complaint to the European Commission at the end of 2007 sparked the initial antitrust investigation, said Microsoft is 'trying to set the remedy itself by stripping out IE. ... Now that Microsoft has acknowledged it has been breaking the law by bundling IE into Windows, the Commission must push ahead with an effective remedy,' he said."
Re:wrong tag (Score:5, Funny)
He wasn't stealing it. He just wanted to check how difficult it is to carry the TV around, in order to make a more informed purchase decision.
Re:FTP (Score:3, Funny)
You know, I think it is unfair that Microsoft bundles this command line FTP client with the operating system. The end-user deserves more choice here.
Ha ha. Just kidding. But you get what I'm saying, no?
Re:Okay, enough already (Score:4, Funny)
Too bad no one in the EU or USA had the kahunas...
Kahuna is a Hawaiian word that translates something like "wizard" or "expert". I think what you want is the Spanish word for testes: cojones. But the idea of the US and EU needing wizards to deal with MS is pretty awesome, too.
Re:Okay, enough already (Score:2, Funny)
Some MS bashing would probably have made it more balanced. As it stands, all those people above are just gaming the mod system.
Are you requesting the EU to intervene and make them stop?
Re:The mother of all shill storms... (Score:4, Funny)
You could try not being a paranoid nutjob, for starters.
You got the paranoid nutjob punctuation rules nailed, at least. Now all you need is a wall-of-text website with dubious color choices and randomized font styles.
Oh wait, you got that covered: http://www.tropicalcoder.com/BrokenInternet.htm [tropicalcoder.com]
I'll let you get back to your time cube theories, then.
Re:Okay, enough already (Score:3, Funny)
Re:history matters (Score:2, Funny)
Gah! What the fuck is wrong with a ruling saying the OEMs should have the right to install browsers other than IE if they want to? I highly doubt Canonical would stop Dell from installing Epiphany or Konqueror as the default browser (although they may recommend against it as consumers are more likely to be familiar with Firefox).
OEMs already have this right to install alternative browsers since the stone ages of PCs. They can even set the default browser to whatever they want.