#2826600 - 07/25/09 03:13 PM
Microsoft capitulates to EU.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/20...wser-ballot.arsMicrosoft has decided that the last thing it needs in this economy is some combination of the following: fines, legal bills, and a delay of Windows 7. It has offered to adopt the European Union's preferred solution for bowser competition: a browser selector screen at startup. And now begins the argument of which browsers are going to be eligible for selection.
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#2826626 - 07/25/09 03:38 PM
Re: Microsoft capitulates to EU.
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Does the EU also mandate what browsers must be packed in? Or does MS have to choose which, then see if their choices meet with EU approval?
And I can only guess that MS will not be required to provide any technical support for the third party software the EU forces them to bundle.
Finally... what about Apple?!
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#2826642 - 07/25/09 04:03 PM
Re: Microsoft capitulates to EU.
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Well I ask about the support aspect, since I thought I recalled reading in the last couple months that the EU was also discussing regulation of software 'performance' or 'suitability to task'... something like that. Essentially that if a company delivered some software that it had to meet performance expectations.
If third party software is legislated into the MS retail boxes by the EU, who is responsible for meeting these performance mandates? The software was delivered in a MS package, so it's worth considering.
Secondly, I don't know how the EU was considering governing 'expectation' guidelines for free software, or the technical support each provides. Opera is free, but charges a fee for premium support. Firefox support, last I recall was just web based.
It just seems like the EU browser arrangement might leave MS customers facing uneven technical support for the software that came in the retail box... a retail box which has always promised uniform technical support! Or worst case, force MS customers to face third party technical support charges for software that was legislated into the retail box, supposedly for their own benefit.
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#2826902 - 07/26/09 12:57 AM
Re: Microsoft capitulates to EU.
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Hmmm, anti-US sentiment is only a minor player.
For those familiar with sausages, there's a little song that goes with all bodies of government, regardless of nationality/supra-nationality:
My commission has a first name, it's G.I.M.M.E., My commission has a second name, it's M.O.N.E.Y.....
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#2827290 - 07/26/09 05:51 PM
Re: Microsoft capitulates to EU.
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Hmmm, anti-US sentiment is only a minor player.
For those familiar with sausages, there's a little song that goes with all bodies of government, regardless of nationality/supra-nationality:
My commission has a first name, it's G.I.M.M.E., My commission has a second name, it's M.O.N.E.Y..... I know the song... Wheels
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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