Microsoft Fined £484M

[0000]

grumbledoak said:

(Oops, missed this)

Are you sure anything changed? The fine is for SP1 removing the Browser Choice annoyance (fair enough, that is a violation of the ruling) but IE is still bundled with Windows. It seems to me that fact hasn't changed or done Chrome any harm.

The Browser Choice annoyance being added was something that changed. Microsoft were also forced to open up API information in around 2005 IIRC. Probably other things I'm sure.

[KaraK]

0000 said:

The Browser Choice annoyance being added was something that changed.

I asked this question in my earlier post on this thread but I think it bears repeating - does anyone know anybody who actually changed their browser choice based on this screen?

[daveydave7]

KaraK said:

I asked this question in my earlier post on this thread but I think it bears repeating - does anyone know anybody who actually changed their browser choice based on this screen?

Not exactly but it was a quick way to download firefox and to be fair I had never heard of Maxthon before

[BMWBen]

KaraK said:

0000 said:

The Browser Choice annoyance being added was something that changed.

I asked this question in my earlier post on this thread but I think it bears repeating - does anyone know anybody who actually changed their browser choice based on this screen?

I'd put it up there with the Windows-N versions that didn't include media player (another EU special). They sold almost 0 copies because why would you buy something for the same price with fewer features?

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/legal/european/...

Morons.

The browser choice screen probably gets dismissed until it's convenient for the user to download their browser of choice anyway.