A coalition of rivals charged on Friday that Microsoft's new Vista operating system coming out next week will perpetuate practices found illegal in the European Union nearly three years ago. The group, which includes IBM, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Oracle and Red Hat, said its complaints made last year are yet to be addressed just days before Vista is due for release.
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Member since:2006-06-03
Member since:2006-12-16
If only I could give you extra mod points...this is the REAL issue. The US government is long know for political interference in non US countries, to ensure that US corporations get preferential [both economic and legal] treatment. This is why I'm a firm believer in that full economic sanctions by the EU need to be taken against the US. If only politicians had backbones...
Dave
Member since:2005-10-02
Of course nobody bought it. Nobody is advertising for XP N. Do you honestly think Average Joe will buy a product he doesn't even know about?
If I could get a version of Win2K3 _without_ Media Player, I'd use it. But since it's unavailable on MSDN AA (the same goes for XP N), I'll just keep using the version with Media Player (aka GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE) installed 
I know you're fond of being a MS-apologist, but at least you could use your own mind.
. o O ( Average Joe buying a product he doesn't even know exist... come on Tomcat! You can do much better )
Member since:2006-01-02
Member since:2006-01-06
So, let me get this straight. You want the EU to order MS to unbundle various components from its OS; then, you want the EU to force MS to advertise the unbundled version?!? That's hilarious, dude! And, on top of that, you actually think that consumers are going to choose a product with fewer features over one with Media Player, etc. Sounds like a disconnect from reality. I know that YOU might choose that, but I would argue that the vast majority of consumers don't want fewer features. It's the same reason why Microsoft sells so many licenses of XP Pro versus XP Home.
Member since:
2006-01-06
The last time this happened, you ordered MS to produce a version of its OS which nobody bought. So, what's the point? This is beginning to look like a big shakedown with no practical teeth.