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How would people install Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Safari whatever then? It's a shame that they choose to provide no browsers instead of providing a few
by barredo 17y ago
How would people install Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Safari whatever then?
It's a shame that they choose to provide no browsers instead of providing a few
- weavejester 17y agoPresumably they'd use whatever browser was installed by the OEM.
- petercooper 17y agoWho get paid to bundle certain applications on their machines..
- petercooper 17y agoI'm usually anti-Microsoft, but it's ridiculous that Internet Explorer was a problem to the EU to start with. Why not unbundle Explorer? Why not unbundle the control panel? Isn't it unfair that Notepad is included? What about Calculator.. surely that's hurting Mathematica? (Before you think I'm going over the top here, IE compared to Firefox is like Calculator vs Mathematica IMHO..) These EU commissions are run by dim-witted politicos who fail to understand any of the realities of technology or business.
- weavejester 17y agoIt's not ridiculous at all. Microsoft were using their monopoly in desktop operating systems to gain browser market share. This doesn't benefit anyone apart from Microsoft.
- jsonscripter 17y agoI would just like to add that monopolies do not deserve the same rights as ordinary businesses.
- axod 17y agoI don't think people would have minded as much if IE weren't the worst browser ever created. Add to that the fact that Microsoft abandoned IE for years, leaving everyone high and dry.
- petercooper 17y agoActually, IE being a hideous browser should make it better as it makes it easier for competition to succeed and gives people more reason to investigate and accept alternatives. Consider if all manufactured cars came with a really crappy "default" radio with horrible sound. The majority of drivers would choose to upgrade the radio to a better one, thus making the marketplace for car radios a healthier, more competitive one. If the cars came with amazing radios built in, hardly anyone would switch.
- vaksel 17y agoDell etc would probably have the stuff installed on all new computers.