Microsoft Ready To Address EU Antitrust Concerns

An anonymous reader sends this quote from a Reuters report: "Software giant Microsoft is ready to introduce measures that would address the European Union's antitrust concerns about users' ability to chose between different browsers, European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Saturday. EU antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft blocks computer makers from installing rival web browsers on its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, following complaints from several companies. Almunia is in charge of antitrust enforcement at the European Commission. 'In my personal talks with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer he has given me assurances that they will comply immediately regardless of the conclusion of the anti trust probe,' Almunia said at an economic conference in northern Italy, adding that he considered the matter a 'very, very serious issue.'"

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Re:Steve Ballmer he has given me assurances...

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe.

But Microsoft software is a cancer that attaches itself in an format lockin sense to everything it touches. The way Microsoft formats are written, if you use any Microsoft software, you have to make the rest of your software Microsoft products as well.

When will they address their format lockin, and stop holding our data hostage?

They think we are all mentally challenged

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously, only having IE on Windows after it's installed is fine, you do need a browser to begin with in order to download another browser. The EU's Antitrust bullcrap that forced Microsoft to even make a different version of their OS which included the other browsers in it is ridiculous and is basically to say that everyone in the European nations are mentally challenged people who can't find another browser and install it themselves to save their lives.
Why isn't Apple getting hit with that, for only providing Safari with their OS uh?

Re:Think About This

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Mo No Po Ly. Look it up.