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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RE[5]: bundling vs standards
by Lennie on Tue 20th Jan 2009 16:51
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RE[6]: bundling vs standards
by phoenix on Tue 20th Jan 2009 20:36
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I did an installation of a HP-printer some time ago, it complained there waren't 512 MB of RAM.
euh... right.
euh... right.
I don't understand HP. The download file for the latest driver for one of their all-in-one inkjet/scanners is over 200 MB. And that's without all the extra software. Who needs 200 MB to tell a printer/scanner how to print/scan? Boggles the mind!
Just the printer driver for a lot of their laser printers is over 50 MB for a lot of models. Lexmark's universal PS3 driver is under 5 MB and covers over a dozen printers.
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Why the hell should a software installer rely on an HTML renderer? I had to temporarily use an HP 3940 printer with an old Windows 98 machine, and the setup program insisted that it needed a higher version of Internet Explorer. Fortunately using the add hardware wizard side-stepped the whole problem.