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Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Ruling
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."
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.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
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)