It might not be illegal according to the law, but it may prove to be an effective manner to avoid monopoly practices. That is the goal of any punishment, isn't it?!
Just a brainstorm solution for *all bundling* of software:
Why not let MS bundle any software it likes, but under one condition: It has to adher to open standards.
If it wants to distribute WMP, let it do so, but only the codecs that play open and well-defined media formats. So it has the choice to remove WMx-files or to document them fully.
The same line of reasoning could be followed for future inappropriateness.
dizzl
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"An error occurred while loading http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/intro/: Connection to host dean.edwards.name is broken"
Seems to make Konqueror more IE compliant too!
What?.... Who am I... North Pole?!?!
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It might not be illegal according to the law, but it may prove to be an effective manner to avoid monopoly practices. That is the goal of any punishment, isn't it?!
Just a brainstorm solution for *all bundling* of software: Why not let MS bundle any software it likes, but under one condition: It has to adher to open standards. If it wants to distribute WMP, let it do so, but only the codecs that play open and well-defined media formats. So it has the choice to remove WMx-files or to document them fully. The same line of reasoning could be followed for future inappropriateness. dizzl