EU Investigating Microsoft Over IE Bundling Again

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @07:50AM from the only-28-million-people dept.

vu1986 writes, quoting GigaOm: "Microsoft has confessed to violating its browser choice agreement with European antitrust regulators, after they opened up a fresh investigation into the company's behavior. This is a big deal, not least because it means the company could now face a fine of up to 10 percent of its annual turnover — $7 billion at last count." Microsoft agreed in 2009 to inform users they could install other browsers. They did, mostly, but Windows 7SP1 users didn't get the software update. Microsoft is claiming it was just a software bug, and have taken actions to fix it.

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Re:When in doubt, go after US companies to look go by Picass0 · 2012-07-17 08:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Well, to be honest it's not like Britain has any big computer makers. They haven't figured out how to make a PC that leaks oil yet.
Re:So they going to fine Apple too? by Belial6 · 2012-07-17 08:30 · Score: 4, Funny

Didn't you hear? Windows doesn't run on computers either. It runs on toys. "Real" computers run things like VMS.