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RE: Capitalism
By omnicronx on 10/7/2009 12:58:45 PM , Rating: 4
OSX does not have to meet the same standards because they don't have a 90%+ marketshare behemoth of an OS to push their browser. Not exactly fair (nor do I agree), but market domination comes with a price. I really think regulations need to be set for OS's in general. Anything considered basic OS functionality should not be subject to these kinds of investigations.

The EU obviously has something against these big American companies. They are trying to cripple MS out of the market position. Just think about it, 10 years from now any new innovation released by a 3rd party developer probably won't find its way into Windows. Yet OSX/Linux will be in the clear to do as they will. Forcing a user to use a browser is one thing, but just think of the repercussions going forward, MS is going to be at a huge disadvantage in Europe. Anti monopolistic laws were not put in place to take market dominance from the biggest players, its there to stop abuse, and from my point of view, including basic functionality should not be covered by this.

This is abuse of the system, and if the EU thinks they can protect their own investments by what are essentially illegal means, they have something coming. Eventually other countries will retaliate in one form or another.. then well all be in for a surprise.

RE: Capitalism
By Blessedman on 10/8/2009 6:50:12 AM , Rating: 1
The real problem with this is you might see 10 new browsers pop up in the next 5 years just to get their name on this ballot list, where does it end for Microsoft? How far do they need to go? Even if these new browsers are complete shit, they will use this ballot system as a way to propel their name.

Another HUGE problem with the idea that an OS shouldn't be monopolistic is compatibility, the nightmare of having 10 different flavors of OS's and 10 different UI's that would drive good idea back to the stone ages to try and develop. One OS should dominate for the sake of innovation in application development. An OS is just that an operating system it is the layer between the hardware and the user... The EU is just mad because they don't have control over such an OS or it's income.

