Comments | rmathis: EU may try and force Microsoft to offer alternative browsers other than IE

rmathis

EU may try and force Microsoft to offer alternative browsers other than IE

Feb 24, 2009 13:21

This post is in response to reading this: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/eu-may-order-microsoft-to-bundle-other-browsers.ars

So I've been watching this story unfold for a while now, and I assumed at some point common sense would kick in and it would be kicked out, but then I guess I forgot that the story involves the EU so I should ( Read more... )

idiocy, eu

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sitesmithscott February 25 2009, 10:58:19 UTC

I agree about the insanity of the EU. If another browser or program has a problem with them not starting off as the default in a Microsoft OS, then they should go out and make their own OS. Why not at the same time force Mac OS X to have other browsers than Safari? It is completely illogical. I think the EU just wants to punish MS and not even for something that makes sense.

Also, didn't they go through all of this a few years back with Windows Meida Player vs Realplayer? Realplayer wasn't completive because it offered an inferior product but the EU was going to try some kind of similar BS as well.