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Opera Tells EU That Microsoft's IE Hurts the Web
kastababy writes "In yet another instance of up-and-coming browser developers fighting back against the Microsoft behemoth, the makers of Opera have filed a complaint with the European Union against Microsoft. In their complaint, they allege that IE's 77% market share abuses its dominant position by tying IE to Windows and its refusal to accept Web standards, causing significant interoperability issues. The complaint also requests that the EU's Antitrust Division force Microsoft to separate IE from Windows and accept several different standards, thereby resolving major interoperability issues and providing consumers more choice in the browser market." Update: 12/14 19:47 GMT by Z : We also discussed this yesterday.
EU seems to show signs of hard of hearing or is Zonk having hard of seeing?
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For example, when do you think IE will support SVG without any 3rd party plugins?
What do you think is taking 3D Realms so long to release Duke 4ever? They really NEED MS to support SVG as the game just won't play well without it.
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That's okay, I've installed Opera on two additional computers and a mobile device to make up for it. I'm also going to give my brother in law some Wii points so he can get Opera for his console.
This is one of those times when two seemingly contradictory posts are both correct.
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Not new enough apparently.
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Fuck SVG. I'd like to see IE support HTML.
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First the rallies for Obama, now complaints about IE. When will she stop being so political?