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Microsoft tries to head off EU scrutiny over Windows 8 browser choice








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  • Same old tricks

    Were I deciding the fine for the Windows 7 infraction ... I would take MSFT's attempt to get up to the usual tricks in the (currently minority) tablet market ... as a contimunace of insidious corporate intent ... and fine them the maximum allowed under european legislation.

    Then I would note Apple's 70%+ sahre of the European tablet market and start investigations for Safari.
  • If they get slapped...

    Than so too, should Apple. Where's my browser choices there?
    The one and only, Cylon Centurion
  • Odd that MS has to worry about Windows 8

    Yesterday we heard that Windows has 30% of the pc+device market. This means that AT BEST IE has 30% marketshare.

    MS should be free to do whatever they want with Windows 8 and IE 10.
    • Except that this ruling is only concerned with PCs.

      The device market is irrelevant here. You knew that, of course. Especially since this article explicitly stated "Windows 8" and you have previously claimed that Windows RT isn't Windows 8 at all.
  • What about Apple and Google?

    This really is ridiculous. It was untenable at the time, and in today's climate is simply unbelievable.

    Notice that Apple isn't required to prompt users with a browser choice on iPhone/iPad or Mac, nor is Google required to prompt users with a browser choice on Android or Chromebook, etc. And yet, it was Google and allies including Apple who l0bbied the E.U. to take this crazy action!

    The E.U. is arguably the most bl0ated and c0rrupt inst1tution in the history of civilisati0n -- as well as being undem0cratic.
    Tim Acheson
  • Ah, the shrill bleating of shills

    Maybe you lot could turn your pathetic "Don't punish Microsoft for breaking their agreements" into a Gregorian chant.
    • You are right ego

      Wait, this article has nothing to do with the fines MS is facing for Windows 7 SP1.

      The question on everyone's mind is: Why would MS have to worry about IE10 in Windows 8 considering they have 30% marketshare?

      While I don't think the ruling should have been made regarding Windows 7 and IE, I do agree with the position that MS agreed to it and so have to abide by it. So yes, MS should be punished for breaking an agreement, even if the agreement was completely ridiculous. This is about the present, not the past. This is about a present where Windows has nearly been overtaken by Linux (Remember, Android is soon to be the most popular OS in the world) and where IE has AT BEST 30% marketshare (because Windows only has 30% marketshare and IE doesn't have 100% marketshare on Windows desktops).

      MS needs to pay for Windows 7 SP1 but should be free to do whatever they want with Windows 8. After all, with only 30% marketshare, they no longer fit any definition of the word "monopoly".
      • That wasn't Gregorian or a chant

        Merely another rubbish but of whining on your part.
  • Microsoft tries to head off EU scrutiny over Windows 8 browser choice

    EU should be making the browser choice an add-on and not Microsoft. That way they know it will be fair and can't complain. The drawback is they would have no one to fine for more money.
    Loverock Davidson-