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.

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This message is posted using Opera

[Arthur B.]

And it will be my last using Opera.

Re:This message is posted using Opera

[gallwapa]

this still doesn't do much to counter the fact that opera sucks

I use Camino. . .

[fanhack]

I've always been under the opinion that the largest companies in an industry create the standards? I understand that IE isn't a particularly 'safe' browser, but isn't that more because it makes more sense for hackers and whatnot to go after IE users because they account for a larger portion of the market share?

Re:Problem in Accepting Standards

[Lulfas]

Why should they have to be? If they want to leave it as a buggy interface that doesn't work with everything, that's their decision. There is no reason for a governmental agency to step in to argue with a private business about a non-critical sector to public defense or safety. Why is some 1% Browser getting to use a government agency to help make up the fact that their browser isn't liked by the common people?

My Nokia 770 browser is an Opera product

[night_flyer]

I replaced it with a Firefox build...