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EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the epic-struggles dept.

Itsabouttime writes "In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules. The EC's ruling was triggered by a complaint from IE rival Opera. Microsoft could seek to offer a Windows version without IE, as it did in the EC's 2004 ruling on Windows Media Player."

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  1. What about the Firefox I get with Ubuntu? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does that violate EC rules too?

  2. Re:Stupid.. by Shin-LaC · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not just stupid, it's wrong. In 2008, Microsoft is right: a web browser is an integral part of a desktop operating system. And it's not just the browser as an application, it's the rendering engine that's being used pervasively, from help systems to all sorts of third party applications. Look at how much stuff uses WebKit on OS X: dictionaries, widgets, chat programs... it'd be folly to remove it.