[CS-FSLUG] EU says IE violates antitrust

[David McGlone]

On Thursday 22 January 2009 10:14:28 am 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.

Without windows in our homes, wouldn't those big holes in the wall be a little 
drafty in the winter time ;-)

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David M.
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