Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Sep 2007 17:31 UTC, submitted by twickline
"Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market." This is the conclusion of the Globalisation Instute, a think tank located in Brussels. Please note this is not a(n) (official) statement from the European Commission.
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RE: the option isn't going to work
by polaris20 on Mon 24th Sep 2007 21:54
in reply to "the option isn't going to work"
Member since:2005-07-06
On the flipside of this though, is you're going to get my mother or Thom's grandma that wants to buy a computer and just use it, and they simply don't care what media player, IM, e-mail, browser it has, as long as it works.
They'll fire up this computer with the power of choice, and be fully frustrated because they have to figure out what to download.
They're not computer geeks, they're users that want to use the computer, not crusade against MS.
I'm not saying you're wrong either, just stating a POV from what I think a lot of users will be at.
Edited 2007-09-24 21:55
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2005-12-31
Microsoft was forced to offer a version of Windows for sale in the EU with Windows Media Player un bundled and from what Ive read there have been very few sales of this version of Windows.
I believe if they want to break Microsoft's monopoly they should force Microsoft to unbundle everything from the core Operating System. And let people choose what Browser, Media Player, Chat/IM, other programs they want after the fact of purchasing there system. I'm 100% sure many people would still go strait to Microsoft for there OS addons but many would not.
At the same time they should allow Unux operating systems to bundle, then the salesman could say here is windows a shell or here is *nix *bsd with most everything you need installed and configured for first use.
Also the governments within the EU should adopt policy to move everything to non Microsoft in there part to remove there governments away from a single vendor. Then there many thousands employees will have first hand experience with alternative Operating Systems.
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Microsoft's patent protection scheme is the equivalent of bailing water with a sieve.
Edited 2007-09-24 18:50