[CS-FSLUG] EU says IE violates antitrust

[Legatus]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 17:16, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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