Microsoft bundling IE with windows deemed illegal by EU (IBM, Adobe agree)

[Phopojijo]

((In response to Ross)) Although it probably should do that to Google Chrome...

[DarkHalo003]

Anyone else here miss the days where, oh I don't know, no one cared about which publisher had IE in a bundle?

[rossmum]

Anyone else here miss the days where, oh I don't know, no one cared about which publisher had IE in a bundle?

I miss the days when humankind was distinctly less pathetic

[p0lar_bear]

So, I just thought of something:

If Microsoft isn't allowed to package an internet browser with their operating system anymore, how the hell is anyone going to get on the internet to download it? Or Opera? Or Firefox?

Logic is where

[ICEE]

How DARE they give me a free software? I DEMAND they stop forcing their complimentary programs down my throat and make me pay for them like the rest of the shit! This is just too stupid to be real. It has to be motivated by something else.

[Phopojijo]

So, I just thought of something:

If Microsoft isn't allowed to package an internet browser with their operating system anymore, how the hell is anyone going to get on the internet to download it? Or Opera? Or Firefox?

Logic is where

Already discussed...

They want people to buy web browsers in the store.

[p0lar_bear]

Already discussed...

They want people to buy web browsers in the store.

Oh okay. So, let's put a price tag on free software and force users to buy it.

The sheer stupidity of this situation is really irritating. FOSS browsers like Opera and Firefox have already found their users, stop trying to take the rest and being butthurt because there are people who prefer IE over your browser.

[Nick]

Eat a dick, EU.

More could be said - and done so with more elegance - but it's just not worth it. The above is an appropriate summary of the facts, opinions, assumptions, arguments, and general thoughts by myself on this subject.

[p0lar_bear]

Eat a dick, EU.

More could be said - and done so with more elegance - but it's just not worth it. The above is an appropriate summary of the facts, opinions, assumptions, arguments, and general thoughts by myself on this subject.

What burns my ass is that this will probably affect Windows distributions worldwide, and not just Europe. Look at SP3 and the Address toolba- wait you can't never mind. Unless you hack it, of course, heh.

[Warsaw]

Oshi-

I never realised that the address bar was gone...meh, never used it anyways.

By EU logic, Apple can't bundle Safari with OS X...

Actually, by the same logic, Apple can't bundle OS X with its computers, because it's "forcing" customers to use that product.

Way to fail again, EU.