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Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Ruling

Posted by Hemos on from the big-cases dept.

Ec|ipse writes "Microsoft has decided not to appeal the European court order to implement antitrust sanctions, Instead, Microsoft hopes to win their main appeal that they (Microsoft) had abused their software dominance."

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  1. It's a shame by SCHecklerX · · Score: 3, Insightful
    That nothing was really done to a company that was found guilty of abusing its monopoly power

    Microsoft are criminals. Nobody should be doing business with them.

  2. Re:*eyebrow raising* by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its called code reuse. Not done well, mind you, but MANY MANY linux distributions have the EXACT same problem.

    Take WMP for instance. It is really just a front end to the Windows Media API. Funny thing is, to install this arguably essential component of windows, Media PLayer comes with the package. They also do this for MAPI... thats why you get Outlook Express.

    In a nutshell, Windows started out as a bunch of tech demos for the underlying technology. Now Microsoft is developing the "Proof of concept" mini-apps into full fledged applications.

    P.S. Before the grammar nzi's strike, I do know that my spelling and grammar have a lot to be desired.

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    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  3. Re:Software dominance? by netsavior · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Their "dominance" will wither away, and quickly, if they don't start doing something about security issues.

    That's like saying the U.S. is going to start to lose population quickly if they don't do something about their Medical Care or Foreign Policy. Sure Canada might have a lower crime rate and better medical care, but people just aren't willing to move away from a life that is warm, familiar, easy, etc.

    No matter what happens to windows, users will probably never switch, and certainly not "Quickly" (speaking in terms of a percentage)

  4. Re:Heh by ischorr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What makes you think that IE 7 won't simply be a "patched version of IE 6"?

    I don't doubt that regardless of Firefox's emergence as a hotshot browser, Microsoft would not have been providing a browser in Longhorn with particularly new or innovative functionality, but it'd be odd for the marketing droids to allow IE to retain the "IE 6" moniker. Instead, I'd expect it to be named "IE NG" (next-generation) or something similar, after they'd revamped it with an Avalon interface (or something)?