Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Jan 2009 20:57 UTC
Last week, news got out that Microsoft had been charged with breaking competition laws by the European Commission. The EU stated that Microsoft has broken competition laws because it bundles its Internet Explorer browser with Windows, which gives the browser an unfair advantage over competing browsers such as Firefox and Opera. OSNews readers debated this topic lively, and it seems we can use this story to continue the discussion: Opera Software's CEO Jon von Tetzchner joined in on the fun.
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Why? I think as long as microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop and we all know they do. They have to play by different rules. And bundling of APPLICATIONS not core operating system functions are one of those areas where they will be different. Of the two major applications browsers and media players are the two that stand out the most. They allow miscrosoft to EXTEND their monopoly from the desktop to in the case of the browser the internet. And in the media player media like audio and video files. ie6 WAS a nightmare like you mentioned and it was the reason so many flocked to firefox and continue to do so out of loyalty.. many if not most of the users of firefox are geeks etc who fix their family and friends pcs for free and what gets installed on them of course is firefox... So basicly the only reason firefox got any momentum was ppl were almost unable to use their pc in some cases with ie... People WILL just use what comes with their pc unless it DOESNT WORK or only works with great dificulty.