Endless Paradigm

Quote:The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is reporting today that European Union antitrust regulators aren't done with Microsoft yet. The EU is looking into more sanctions against the software giant for including Internet Explorer with Windows, according to WSJ's sources, and will likely announce a final ruling in the next few weeks. An EU spokesperson said that if the regulator rules against Microsoft, any remedy "would be based on the fundamental principle of unbiased choice" while a Microsoft spokesman says the company is "committed" to "full compliance" with EU law.

Third-party browser makers like Opera, Mozilla and Google are pushing for tough sanctions against Microsoft. That may result in the software giant having to include rival browsers in Windows. Redmond's main argument is that users can always download a third-party browser, but the EU would rather have a "ballot screen" for users to choose which browsers to download and install as well as which one to set as default. The bundling requirement might end up becoming a responsibility for manufacturers.

With the release of the Windows 7 Release Candidate, Microsoft made it possible to remove IE8 (the beta did not allow this), along with many other Windows components, but this apparently was not enough for the EU.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/20...rowser.ars


Personally, I think that's a little far, but I guess an interesting move.

is MS ever going to realize IE sucks, and no one who knows better would ever use it.

Even if IE sucks, the fact remains that MS can't pre-install FF or like in a their software... Why would they? And personally, I find IE useful for 1st time usage (though its only to download FF/Opera/Chrome/whatever).

Also, a large portion of the consumers do not think FF and Opera etc to be a better version of IE, if they at know that those browsers exist.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Personally, I think that's a little far

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What will come next?

The EU demanding that users be able to choose the default shell?

personaly i like IE and i see IE more like a part of windows,. and it is so why should ms give peoples the choice to their own OS to choose from dif web browsers,.
I don't see any third party web browsers with their own OS,. >?

Do you suppose they'll have do do it with media players as well... A bit like Windows XP N

Apple must be celebrating right now, since MS is always the target.

patrck_744 Wrote:Apple must be celebrating right now, since MS is always the target.

I've also been wondering when Apple would get targeted.  Probably quite some time, since MS has much more dominance in the PC market.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Personally, I think that's a little far, but I guess an interesting move.

Agreed. I mean it's their OS that you are buying, expect to get their software. AND I mean you already can uninstall IE and install the browser you want, I don't see how that is not enough.