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.

Comments

Great

[Anonymous Coward]

Remind me why we care what Europe thinks about the internet again?

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

creators tell US that we're hurting everything

[Anonymous Coward]

yet, most of US appear to not know, or care?

some memories we'll dream of forgetting;

for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it?

we're intending for the nazis to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather'.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying [google.com]

meanwhile, the life0cidal philistines continues on their path of death, debt, & disruption for most of US;

gov. bush denies health care for the little ones

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html [cnn.com]

whilst demanding/extorting billions to paint more targets on the bigger kids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html [cnn.com]

all is not lost/forgotten/forgiven

whilst (yOUR elected) president al gore (deciding not to wait for the much anticipated 'lonesome al answers yOUR questions' interview here on /.) continues to attempt to shed some light on yOUR foibles;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece [timesonline.co.uk]

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the party LIEn scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys scenario will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

Re:Problem in Accepting Standards

[CaseCrash]

Perhaps make them implement any standard feature which is implemented by at least 2 other browsers.
This is retarded, this is like forcing a car maker to include ipod connections and controls in their cars because other major companies are doing it.

It is absolutely ridiculous to assume that they should be forced to comply to any standards at all. It is a product that you are not forced to use. If you like caramel, then buy a candy bar with caramel, but don't try to force the more popular candy that doesn't include caramel to change.

You want standards compliant? Use Opera.

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?

Opera is shit

[Anonymous Coward]

The EU should find them for releasing such a crappy piece of software.

Or at the very least, for wasting their time pretending to be of some importance.

Yawn...

[Anonymous Coward]

Newsflash: people can download other browsers. Stop crying about MS you pansies.

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?

Re:Simple

[Anonymous Coward]

Who gives a shit? It's not theirs to change.

I'm sick of this anti-American bullshit in Europe. If they hate it so much and want out that badly they - with the zillions of users they claim they have - can just make their own network and stop piggybacking US technology.

My Nokia 770 browser is an Opera product

[night_flyer]

I replaced it with a Firefox build...

Re:IE the bady!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

why don't you go get a job more fit for you. like a burger flipper perhaps.