New Antitrust Complaint Filed Against Microsoft

jimboid and others wrote in about a new antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft in the European Union, concerning Windows XP (all previous litigation has concerned earlier versions of Windows). The BBC and Sydney Morning Herald have articles about the complaint.

Comments

How about the ones we already have?

[PhysicsGenius]

All these anti-trust suites are getting a little boring and aren't doing any good. Memo to prosecutors: It isn't enough to charge them or even find them guilty. You have to follow through with a remedy. Whatever happened to the one we had here, a couple years ago everyone was talking about 3 Baby Bills.

But maybe I'm jumping the gum. This one is in the EU, where socialist policies have no compunctuation about just grabbing MS's cash. That'd work, too.

Europe is irrelevent

[fudgefactor7]

How do I know? Why the US DoD told me so...

Seriously, did anyone not see this coming?

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[Mr_Silver]

In a word, no. Yes these things are "bundled" with most linux distros BUT they are many and varied...there is REAL choice.

Woah there bud, when was the last time you actually used Windows? There is a REAL choice with Windows too - in fact, some would say, a greater choice with Windows software than Linux.

Just search any of the major software sites for proof of choice for Windows. You're making it sound like Microsoft software is the only thing that can run on Windows which is patently false.

You are not expected nor forced (indirectly nor directly) to choose email client X, browser Y, etc. Even in cases where the choice is made for you (RedHat) it is still very much an option that you can easily not go with.

Since when has Windows expected you or forced you to use something? How about Outlook Express for your email? Since when have you been dissuaded directly or indirectly from using it? I can easily go without Outlook Express as I can anything on Redhat. In fact I do.

I'm assuming you're talking about Internet Explorer - but even then I would say that using "indirect forcing you to use it" is a little tenious and carpeting the entire software collection that Microsoft gives you with that comment is just flat out wrong.

I'm all for this anti-trust case, but please, if you're going to knock Windows at least do it with some reasoning that doesn't fall over under even the smallest bit of examination.