Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 28th Sep 2009 20:37 UTC
As you all undoubtedly know, the European Union and Microsoft are trying to work out some sort of a settlement regarding the Internet Explorer case. Microsoft made a very detailed proposal for a browser ballot screen earlier this year, and the EU was relatively satisfied. Now, various browser makers have told Reuters that they are not satisfied with Microsoft's proposal.
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RE: I think the EU should just order Opera to
by lemur2 on Wed 30th Sep 2009 09:28
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RE[2]: I think the EU should just order Opera to
by MollyC on Wed 30th Sep 2009 15:00
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IIRC, Microsoft's proposal was to ship Windows without any browser at all, and let OEMs put whatever browser they wanted on there. The EC didn't like that (read, "Do that, and face a billion dollar fine"), and preferred the ballot scheme, a scheme they had already been pushing for a long time. I don't remember if Opera themselves pushed it, I think they did, but the EC was, and was doing that to address Opera's complaints.
Anyway, Opera has whined multiple times now wrt the implementation of the ballot, with their complaints getting increasingly petty. So let them implement the ballot and make Microsoft use whatever they implement, and get this thing over with.
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code up the ballot as they see fit, and order Microsoft to use that ballot "app", and be done with this. I don't even favor any ballot, but the ballot was done at Opera's insistence (mainly), and they keep complaining about its implementation, so let/make them code it up. At least they won't whine about their own work and Microsoft won't have to spend any more resources on this thing. And finally, this extremely lame issue will be settled.
Edited 2009-09-30 07:39 UTC