Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
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Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#2This might have made some sense back in ~2002 when all other browsers were DOA. Seems almost cruel to watch the EU stomp a dying browser further into the pavement.
Surely it would be more fitting for the EU to look into UEFI or Windows 8 RT which IIRC will not allow other browsers at all.
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#3headline should be: "europe is going bankrupt and needs to find people to tax and companies to shakedown so they don't need to reform."
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#4This might have made some sense back in ~2002 when all other browsers were DOA. Seems almost cruel to watch the EU stomp a dying browser further into the pavement. Surely it would be more fitting for the EU to look into UEFI or Windows 8 RT which IIRC will not allow other browsers at all.
or iOS and the app store, which is hundreds of times more anti-competition.
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#5I live in the EU and have legal install of windows for XP,Vista and Win7 and can saftly say I already installed another browser and found the whole chose one option provided as a required patch most annoying.
Sad thing is any user at the level of not being able to install a alternative browser are also the users more prone to have botnets and other malware installed upon there compter. That is the real issue that the EU has not addressed, Microsoft offered a alternative idiot install alternative and I for one found it most annoying.
The EU have better area's to attend to thesedays and I'd hate to suddenly find out one day that chromebooks suddenly have to offer Microsoft browsers as a alternative, or iPad's demanding user pick another browser or not.
It is when there is no alternative choice and for windows that has never been the case to date (not sure about tablet windows flavours). That can not be said for other operating systems and iOS at some point was a little rejecting of alternative browsers in its central dominating app store. Windows had netscape before microsoft had a browser, always been alternatives and easy to install and associate. The only issue is that they expect people who are unable to handle that trivial task on the internet blindly without even saying no Microsoft they must pick a antivirus program before they connect to the internet. That would of been useful inforcement, but nope.
At times I do wonder if I sent in a CV on punched cards to the main EU office that they would not only accept it and convert onto 8" floppy disc for me for free. I think that is an old joke, but there again so is the point in time the EU are on about and even then they missed the real issue.
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#6This might have made some sense back in ~2002 when all other browsers were DOA. Seems almost cruel to watch the EU stomp a dying browser further into the pavement. Surely it would be more fitting for the EU to look into UEFI or Windows 8 RT which IIRC will not allow other browsers at all.
You do know IE is still by far #1 right?
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#7When are they going to fine Apple? I don't get a choice on iOS...
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#8Tis is kind of sad. What are the legal reprecussions if MS tells the EU to take a hike? No desktop windows in EU?
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#9This might have made some sense back in ~2002 when all other browsers were DOA. Seems almost cruel to watch the EU stomp a dying browser further into the pavement. Surely it would be more fitting for the EU to look into UEFI or Windows 8 RT which IIRC will not allow other browsers at all.
You do know IE is still by far #1 right?
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-201207-201209
That turns out not to be the case.
Re: Europe Closer to Fining Microsoft Billions Over Failure To Offer IE Alternatives
#10This might have made some sense back in ~2002 when all other browsers were DOA. Seems almost cruel to watch the EU stomp a dying browser further into the pavement. Surely it would be more fitting for the EU to look into UEFI or Windows 8 RT which IIRC will not allow other browsers at all.
You do know IE is still by far #1 right?