Comments on: M$, Repeat Offender, Needs a Hefty Fine or Worse.

By: dougman

dougman — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:23:15 +0000

The EU knew what M$ was doing, they gave them 356-days to correct the “glitch”. Once it became apparent that M$ was not going fix it, the EU acted in due course.

By: JR

JR — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:12:21 +0000

A bit dated but maybe worth a read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM#1969:_Antitrust.2C_the_Unbundling_of_software_and_services

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/giftfire/ibm.html

By: kozmcrae

kozmcrae — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:58:20 +0000

ch wrote:

“WTF? Windows didn’t show the silly browser selector, and only after more than a year someone noticed?”

“Silly” browser selector? That is how Microsoft and their Cult followers think of fair play, silly. You can’t help yourself ch. Your arrogance shines through.

By: ch

ch — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:51:52 +0000

WTF? Windows didn’t show the silly browser selector, and only after more than a year someone noticed?

Case closed.

By: dougman

dougman — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:07:36 +0000

Ivan the terrible.

M$ made a promise to the EU court and they broke that promise, so now they must pay. Technical error’s do not work in the court system.

If you were brought into court for not cutting your lawn, then fined heavily and the judge made you promise under oath to keep it mowed, then you subsequently decided to renege on your earlier commitments and tell the judge and court system to go pound sand. What do you think should happen?

For M$ to blame it on a glitch is laughable; I say M$ should be banned from the EU for 1-year and fined 10x the earlier penalty.

Obviously, the earlier penalty was not large enough and M$ did not learn a painful enough lesson.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:19:12 +0000

So Europeans aren’t smart enough to install other browsers or change default settings?

Seems condescending, Bob.