News - Europe approves Microsoft browser concessions

[HEXUS]

The long saga concerning the legality of Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with Windows may finally be at an end.

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[superscaper]

This whole thing has really put me off the Opera organisation for starting this thing in the first place. And also the EC is demonstrating it's absolute worst attributes (even though I was generally quite pro Europe). This is probably the most anticompetitive thing to happen. Are they going to go after Apple, all the Linux distros, Google when they release Chrome OS, or is it simply a case of singling out MS for being the largest market share and nothing to do with actual principle? And who decides which browser alternatives are added and which are left out? If this is about principle (and precedent) then surely the smaller developers have a case against their larger rivals (ironically the likes of Opera) for not being included. Windows is MS's product, they should be allowed to do what they want with it. If people really didn't like it then that's what market forces and independent innovation are for.

[Nelviticus]

is it simply a case of singling out MS for being the largest market share and nothing to do with actual principle?

No, it's a case of singling out Microsoft for breaking competition law - see loads of news stories on the matter.