[CS-FSLUG] EU says IE violates antitrust

[Fred A. Miller]

Davo Smith wrote:
> 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.

Quite!

Fred

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