...Mac invents method of obtaining negative market share. This eliminated the long standing 0% barrier which has served to limit the change in market share for the company's most recent non-backwards compatable OS.
So? You can use other programs just fine. Just because IE shares DLL's with other parts of the OS and is tightly integrated, doesn't mean you can't use Firefox (as numerous Firefox users will proudly demonstrate)
Your also missing the point of my original post. While the EU sues MS to create complexity and force them to create unnecessary install/uninstall options, Apple is running an add campain slamming for MS with their assertion that Mac's are "ready to use out of the box".
Silly me, I thought the "monopolist" rules we suppoed to keep MS from abusing its marketshare dominance, I didn't realize they were meant to help its competition.
I dunno. Maybe they stop "officially" selling versions in the EU. Their customers can just import US versions with whatever legal disclaimer is necessary and be done with it.
Real people doing real work don't care about whether media player is bundled or not.
According to my research, there are more Web browser choices for Windows, then their are for Mac. You can easily select any of these as the default browser for your system. Now if your point is that you cannot remove every file and DLL that Internet Explorer uses, I would suggest that this limitation exists for just about every system that uses shared libraries.
If your not sure what I am refering to, please do some research on the "DLL" ("Lib" file in Linux), I think you'll see that this whole "can't remove" argument is actually another double standard being applied to MS.
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Am I the only one who finds it the least bit ironic that while the EU fines MS for bundling application, Apple is bashing MS with comericals bragging about how it bundles MORE software?
I guess having no marketshare gives you the right to extra competative advantage?
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...Mac invents method of obtaining negative market share. This eliminated the long standing 0% barrier which has served to limit the change in market share for the company's most recent non-backwards compatable OS.
So? You can use other programs just fine. Just because IE shares DLL's with other parts of the OS and is tightly integrated, doesn't mean you can't use Firefox (as numerous Firefox users will proudly demonstrate) Your also missing the point of my original post. While the EU sues MS to create complexity and force them to create unnecessary install/uninstall options, Apple is running an add campain slamming for MS with their assertion that Mac's are "ready to use out of the box".
Silly me, I thought the "monopolist" rules we suppoed to keep MS from abusing its marketshare dominance, I didn't realize they were meant to help its competition.
I dunno. Maybe they stop "officially" selling versions in the EU. Their customers can just import US versions with whatever legal disclaimer is necessary and be done with it. Real people doing real work don't care about whether media player is bundled or not.
According to my research, there are more Web browser choices for Windows, then their are for Mac. You can easily select any of these as the default browser for your system. Now if your point is that you cannot remove every file and DLL that Internet Explorer uses, I would suggest that this limitation exists for just about every system that uses shared libraries. If your not sure what I am refering to, please do some research on the "DLL" ("Lib" file in Linux), I think you'll see that this whole "can't remove" argument is actually another double standard being applied to MS. Thanks
Am I the only one who finds it the least bit ironic that while the EU fines MS for bundling application, Apple is bashing MS with comericals bragging about how it bundles MORE software? I guess having no marketshare gives you the right to extra competative advantage?