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I totally give Microsoft high-fives for placing their browser above all others even if, technologically speaking it isn't. I don't see the EU saying anything t
by wheaties 17y ago
I totally give Microsoft high-fives for placing their browser above all others even if, technologically speaking it isn't. I don't see the EU saying anything to Apple about Safari. I don't see them really addressing the problems with the whole OS + bundled stuff picture. I, unfortunately, don't have a worthwhile solution for it either. I guess it's a start, though.
- pmjordan 17y agoI don't see the EU saying anything to Apple about Safari. The difference, of course, is that it has been established in court that Microsoft have a monopoly in the desktop OS market, and that they have abused said monopoly by bundling their browser, media player, etc. with the OS, giving them an unfair competitive advantage in those markets.
- rbanffy 17y agoNot only bundling. You forget all kinds of shady deals that effectively increased OEM licensing fees if any other browser was to be included.
- ned 17y ago> I don't see the EU saying anything to Apple about Safari. This comes up every time. The problem isn't having a monopoly (the EU isn't preventing the distribution of Windows), it's using an existing monopoly to corner a new adjacent market (in this case, web browsers).
- JBiserkov 17y agoBrowsers are hardly a new market. Hey, browsers are hardly a market - they are free as in beer.
- niels_olson 17y agoI suspect the beer people would tell you that wherever you find free beer, there's a lot more money at play than just the beer.