[CS-FSLUG] EU says IE violates antitrust

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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 01:38, Davo Smith
<christiansource at davosmith.co.uk> 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.
>
I think that this is backwards. The only reason that I have any
windows desktops is because there are certain sites that I must use
that require Internet Explorer.  I have no other use for MS Windows. I
can run anything else I need in linux, even if it sometimes requires
wine. MS could care less about their free browser, but it is one of
the few things that keeps people using windows in their homes.
-- 
JD Runyan


Emo Philips  - "I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the
exterminator."