[CS-FSLUG] EU says IE violates antitrust

[Fred A. Miller]

Legatus wrote:
> 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.

I DON'T know of any site where one would have to use that intrusive
garbage. I've always managed between FF and Konqi. to access any site I
had to access.

Fred

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