Microsoft Fined £484M
Discussion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21684329
bbc said:
In theory the watchdog could have fined the firm 10% of its global annual revenue, which would have totalled $7.4bn based on its 2012 report.
bbc said:
The case dates back to 2007 when Opera - a Norwegian web-browser maker - complained Microsoft was stifling competition on PCs by bundling Internet Explorer with its operating system.
How do Apple get away with having complete control over their machines? How have Apple escaped similar anti-trust law suites?The conduct of MS during the browser wars was despicable. They bought out their only competition and then were going to charge for IE, despite it being inferior to the free one they stopped us being able to use. It is an abuse of a monopoly position. If it has been any company other than an American one the yanks would have been up in arms about it and they would have ruined the company. If anything the EU has been 'generous' towards MS.
Their commercial morality was not, shall we say, everything it could have been.
We now have a choice of browser. It is only those who haven't tried the opposition who stick with IE. Had it not been for the opposition IE would be as bad as Windows. Now, because there are others, they have to up their game and compete. Vista level browsing has been avoided. Good on the EU.
Jut think what operating systems might be like nowadays if MS hadn't had a virtual monopoly.
Their commercial morality was not, shall we say, everything it could have been.
We now have a choice of browser. It is only those who haven't tried the opposition who stick with IE. Had it not been for the opposition IE would be as bad as Windows. Now, because there are others, they have to up their game and compete. Vista level browsing has been avoided. Good on the EU.
Jut think what operating systems might be like nowadays if MS hadn't had a virtual monopoly.
Derek Smith said:
The conduct of MS during the browser wars was despicable. They bought out their only competition and then were going to charge for IE, despite it being inferior to the free one they stopped us being able to use. It is an abuse of a monopoly position. If it has been any company other than an American one the yanks would have been up in arms about it and they would have ruined the company. If anything the EU has been 'generous' towards MS.
Their commercial morality was not, shall we say, everything it could have been.
We now have a choice of browser. It is only those who haven't tried the opposition who stick with IE. Had it not been for the opposition IE would be as bad as Windows. Now, because there are others, they have to up their game and compete. Vista level browsing has been avoided. Good on the EU.
Jut think what operating systems might be like nowadays if MS hadn't had a virtual monopoly.
IE6. That is all.Their commercial morality was not, shall we say, everything it could have been.
We now have a choice of browser. It is only those who haven't tried the opposition who stick with IE. Had it not been for the opposition IE would be as bad as Windows. Now, because there are others, they have to up their game and compete. Vista level browsing has been avoided. Good on the EU.
Jut think what operating systems might be like nowadays if MS hadn't had a virtual monopoly.
Well actually it isn't, that pile of ste has caused more hours of development fudging than any other single browser. We're finally getting standards compliant browsers no thanks to MS.
Robb F said:
That is amazing. A manufacturer being fined for not advertising other manufacturers products?
I should sue Ford for not offering me a Sparco steering wheel with my Fiesta.
It's just like that, if this list only had Ford, Westfield and a bloke with a shed - with Ford's market share expanded to fill all the other brands - and rather than a steering wheel they gave you a Ford washing machine which only worked with Ford branded pipework, which wouldn't work with any other washing machine brand. And if anyone else tried creating an alternative they'd hit them with lawyers or buy them out.I should sue Ford for not offering me a Sparco steering wheel with my Fiesta.
MX7 said:
Carfolio said:
MX7 said:
I think the EU see MS as a cash cow.
If you don't want IE, don't use it.
Bullst.If you don't want IE, don't use it.
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