EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What?

Glyn Moody writes "So the European Commission is going to require Microsoft to offer competitors' browsers with Windows. '...Microsoft will be obliged to design Windows in a way that allows users "to choose which competing web browser(s) instead of, or in addition to, Internet Explorer they want to install and which one they want to have as default..." [Microsoft] now has until mid-March to respond to the Commission, and might also ask for a hearing. Brussels will not adopt a final decision until it has received Microsoft's official reply.' But having the option to install Firefox, say, is useless unless people know what it is. The implication is that we need some kind of campaign to ensure that people understand the choices they will have. How can open source best exploit this latest EU decision?"

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Re:Wanna really punish Microsoft?

[iminplaya]

It's nothing more than a forfeiture like any other. Money doesn't matter to them. Whatever a regular fine would be, it would be made up for within a week. Nope, Gotta hit 'em where it hurts...if they really did anything wrong. And your basic economics and IP law is partly responsible for the broken economy designed solely for the benefit of the big dogs that we live under today. So I have little faith in what ever people with a vested interest would have to say. It is meaningless in a rigged system.