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How Europe's Mandated Browser Ballot Screen Works
CWmike writes "After an 11-month legal face-off, Microsoft and European antitrust officials signed off yesterday on the ballot screen concept that will give Windows users a chance to download rivals' browsers. But now that the battle's over and the ink has dried, it's time to look closely. Some FAQ examples: What's Microsoft promised? How will it work? How many browsers will be on the ballot? Who decides which browsers? Who will see it?"
Opera is planning to launch another antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft for not making their browser the first item on the ballot screen. Once the EU rules in their favor once more, they are planning another series of lawsuits that's going to unbundle Windows from Windows. I say this is a great day in the world of software - you can use lawsuits to hide your unpopularity. Wish I knew this when I was in school.
Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
it's easy to install another browser
preventing any other browser to be present
contradict yourself much?!
And finally installing software in Windows may be reasonably easy, it's still harder and less straightforward than the dead-easy GUIs and linked software repositories that most Linux distributions come with
this must be a joke. have you even used windows in the last 75 years? installing most windows software takes a few clicks if you're satisfied with defaults, and even beyond that it's incredibly simple. package handling is one of the reasons i've nearly abandoned linux. a thousand distros with a thousand ways of managing software, everyone claiming their way is best. so, i guess if you want to sit around and just watch your machine compile the latest open source fad that will be dead in six weeks, then linux is your OS. seriously, the MS hatred here is absurd. while you fanbois are getting off on recompiling your kernel, i'm getting shit done and getting paid.