[CS-FSLUG] EU says IE violates antitrust

[Davo Smith]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Jon Glass <jonglass at usa.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
>> Microsoft unfairly boosts market share of Internet Explorer by tying it
>> to Windows, the European Commission has found in a preliminary
>> conclusion delivered to Microsoft last week.
>>
> Safari will be next, and then Firefox on Gnome and Konqueror in
> KDE.... Why is it ok for others, but not Microsft? Be careful what you
> wish for Europe...

Because MS has a practical monopoly on the desktop and has been/is
using that to push their browser.

Davo