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EU Wants Multiple Browser Bundling On New PCs
An anonymous reader writes with a link to Ars Technica's report that "the EU is considering forcing Windows users to choose a browser to download and install before they can first browse the Internet, according to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). While the latest Windows 7 builds let you uninstall IE8, 'third-party browser makers like Opera, Mozilla and Google are pushing for tough sanctions against Microsoft. The EU would rather have a "ballot screen" for users to choose which browsers to download and install as well as which one to set as default. The bundling requirement might end up becoming a responsibility for manufacturers.'"
Microsoft wasn't doing anything wrong bundling IE in the 90's and they're not doing anything wrong now. Yeah, Microsoft sucks and is anti-competitive, but including basic functionality with their O.S. without including needless redundancy is _NOT_ evil, or even slightly unpleasant.
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M$ tends to tell the OEM's what to put on the HD.
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The Mozilla Foundation makes many tens of millions of dollars from Google. If nobody installs Firefox, Google isn't going to be giving them that kind of money anymore.
The real villains aren't the mozilla people - they're the Opera devs. They put this ball in motion.
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No.
You don't think they will think about this shit? Or do you think every one is as ignorant (which apparently is insightful at slashdot) as you are?