Opera Files EU Complaint Against Microsoft

A number of readers have sent word about Opera Software ASA's antitrust complaint against Microsoft filed with the EU. Here is Opera's press release on the filing. The company wants the EU to "obligate Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows and/or carry alternative browsers pre-installed on the desktop" and to "require Microsoft to follow fundamental and open Web standards accepted by the Web-authoring communities." The latter request makes this a case to watch. Will the Commissioner take the Acid2 test using IE7?

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Re:I don't get it

[theskipper]

Is this just a sandy vagina move

Out of curiosity, what was Sandy's position at Netscape?

standby for all the mod trolls .. atn: Rob Malda

[rs232]

I see a lot of negative mod-up-insightful posts here. I really can't be bothered refuting them all. Cmdrtaco is this what slashdot is reduced to, a platfrom for the MS astroturfing department?

Like take this comment could be taken straight from the MS legal brief:

"A browser is an integral part of an operating system in 2007. It's a standardized document display application. The operating system depends on it being there" Reality Master 101 (Score:2, Insightful) HAA ..

The submissions firehose system is also being totally abused. Stories being buried almost instantly ..