Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Jun 2009 22:03 UTC
In a move to basically outflank the EU antitrust investigation, Microsoft has announced that all version of Windows 7 shipped in Europe will not include Internet Explorer 8 by default. This is reminiscent of the Windows XP N editions, which did not include Windows Media Player, but the difference here is that Microsoft will not ship versions of Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8 in Europe.
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That is illegal. That is antitrust. One way of countering it is to require Microsoft to deliver either a browser that is standards compliant, or no browser at all.
Opera has a strong case no matter how much Microsoft apologists try to whinge and moan about it.
Then why do they have a problem with Microsoft delivering "no browser at all"? That was my whole point, They are offering just that, and Opera still has issues, acting like they really care for they're costumers, and not themselves. True, Microsoft should be standards compliant, and they have made progress, but I still don't see a valid reason why Opera could complain that they are NOT bundling IE. Would Real have complained more if Media player was removed all together?