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EC Sends Statement of Objections To Microsoft For Violating Anti-Trust Agreement
dkleinsc writes "Three years ago, Microsoft came to an agreement with EU regulators that required them to provide users with a choice of web browsers. Last July, they found Microsoft in breach of that agreement. Today, they announced that this will result in charges, potentially resulting in fines as large as $7 billion."
Microsoft gets one last chance to defend itself.
Good. At least with windows you can install a new browser. Next go after the ipad.
I think the misconception here is that Microsoft has done anything wrong.
All they did was include only IE preinstalled on their OS. Somehow that is lawsuit-worthy? Do I see Apple shipping computers with Firefox or IE on them? Of course not. Each brand of OS manufacturer is going to include their own browser. It's not as if MS was PREVENTING someone from installing a competing browser, it just wasn't included with their own branded software pack.
I think the EU regulators are the ones who need to lay off the crack pipe and realize exactly what they're doing - which should be clearly defined as EXTORTION if you look up the definition.
If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits