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This is a good start..

but what MS really needs to do is just stop selling ANY Windows products in Europe and blame the EU Commission for their abusive and discriminating practices.

I am all for competition and here in the US it seems not to be a problem. Apple, MS, and Linux all co-exist and spur innovation. Apparently on the other side of the water competition means getting a free ride for marketshare and advertising (Opera) and throwing frivilous lawsuits to extrapolate money from big firms (IBM/MS).

This will be an interesting development to watch and see where it goes.
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Sorry for them!  Stacy Spear | 06/25/09
Of course they don't agree  kwacka | 06/25/09
Um kwacka..get off the kool-aid man..  JT82 | 06/25/09
By Kwacka's own admission...  lenohere | 06/25/09
Strange interpretation.  kwacka | 06/25/09
Yes, for them, we should make it as complicated as possible.  Spiritusindomit@... | 06/25/09
Try Windows Update with IE.  Erroneous | 06/25/09
you just run windows update from  marks055@... | 06/25/09
Exactly  Erroneous | 06/25/09
re: Strange interpretation  rtk | 06/25/09
Well...  Sleeper Service | 06/25/09
Shambles?  stevey_d | 06/25/09
There are more options.  ShadowGIATL | 06/25/09
We would be using ....  Erroneous | 06/25/09
Let me see...  ShadowGIATL | 06/25/09
Before IE there was Netscape (free)  barence773 | 06/28/09
Goodbye Gates  JelMin | 06/25/09
You want some cheese to go with that whine? (nt)  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
Do people actually come here to  GuidingLight | 06/25/09
Some people don't learn  JelMin | 06/25/09
Tin foil.  Sleeper Service | 06/25/09
Three strikes, you're out.  JelMin | 06/25/09
you'd be a fool to not see this is a tactic by MS  stevey_d | 06/25/09
No, it is called....  Erroneous | 06/25/09
I'm sure your right, and that Europeans won't see MS as money grabbing  stevey_d | 06/25/09
If their sole aim was fair trade  rtk | 06/25/09
if you think there is an alternative agenda, you could try posting it  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Even handed would be better  Patanjali | 06/25/09
Patanajli... now you're getting it  stevey_d | 06/25/09
LOL.. Almost fell off the chair laughing here...  lenohere | 06/25/09
lots of firms will service your car  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Personally...  ShadowGIATL | 06/25/09
Going open source like in Munich? 10% completed in 6 years...Awesome...  transposeIT | 06/26/09
Bureaucrats don't answer to the citizens  marks055@... | 06/25/09
meh  ariesghost | 07/13/09
This is a good start..  JT82 | 06/25/09
Here in the US it IS a problem.  kwacka | 06/25/09
Remove your Jobs-colored penguin framed glasses for hot second please..  JT82 | 06/25/09
what debt DID microsoft pay?  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Interesting...  ksj99 | 06/25/09
Please...  lenohere | 06/25/09
Yup...  Sleeper Service | 06/25/09
if IE's so good why not offer alternatives at sale time?  stevey_d | 06/25/09
That is like a store that....  Erroneous | 06/25/09
no it isn't  stevey_d | 06/25/09
What does updates have to do..  lenohere | 06/25/09
updates are a download, getting a webbrowser is a download  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Because offering something requires commitment  Patanjali | 06/25/09
It is because the alternatives...  lenohere | 06/25/09
The current bundling of IE in the US is in direct conflict with ruling  stevey_d | 06/25/09
But IE is not in a monopoly market  Patanjali | 06/25/09
What!?  ksj99 | 06/25/09
Ah the blissful and wanton ignorance of history..  zkiwi | 06/25/09
With that line of thinking...  lenohere | 06/25/09
strawman argument. Microsoft was not starting a new business  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Come on...  ksj99 | 06/25/09
RE: Here in the US it IS a problem  wolflight | 06/25/09
Your partially constructed history FAILS  de-void | 06/25/09
No, YOU'RE reconstructing history  stevey_d | 06/25/09
What!?  ksj99 | 06/25/09
Newflash: The Bush administration handed down MORE fines to MS...  Spiritusindomit@... | 06/25/09
Erm, you do know that...  zkiwi | 06/25/09
good grief that's an ignorant post  stevey_d | 06/25/09
What exactly were they convicted of?  Erroneous | 06/25/09
don't read much news then? here, microsoft convicted of software piracy  stevey_d | 06/25/09
You seem to really be stretching.  Erroneous | 06/25/09
how about US Dept of Justice & vnunet.com then  stevey_d | 06/25/09
To be convicted...  Erroneous | 06/25/09
Its not a problem  marks055@... | 06/25/09
What's wrong with buying?  Patanjali | 06/25/09
Not really  JelMin | 06/25/09
Um..what?  JT82 | 06/25/09
Examine the extremes  JelMin | 06/25/09
The EU didn't say "NO IE ON WINDOWS"  stevey_d | 06/25/09
No  rtk | 06/25/09
Guess what...  Erroneous | 06/25/09
The reason you pay more...  Spiritusindomit@... | 06/25/09
the US _never_ engages in protectionism  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Hmmm...  zkiwi | 06/25/09
"discriminatory European pricing model"  Erroneous | 06/25/09
The problem is not price here but upgradability  PhilippeV | 07/11/09
The amount of inaccuracy in this post is...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/11/09
Worth pointing out ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Can you expand on this please Adrian  Alan Smithie | 06/25/09
Sure ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
from where?  JT82 | 06/25/09
Not true  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
I've been told both ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Ahhh ... I think you're right Ed ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Good............  Alan Smithie | 06/25/09
Why all these versions????  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Because noone is legislating versions of Linux out of existence  Patanjali | 06/25/09
Why would that be?  wolf_z | 06/25/09
Not sure ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
That said ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Voluntary?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
And a good one.  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
Exactly  rapson | 06/25/09
I agree ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Well of course not.  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
You are wrong  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Oddly enough ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
Yep, I was given (and passed on) duff into there ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 06/25/09
And the EU users are getting a rope to use on the EC.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/25/09
did you read the article?  Linux Geek | 06/25/09
Which MS would not have made  wolf_z | 06/25/09
No, it lacks the tools (IE)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/25/09
RE: No, it lacks the tools (IE)  wolflight | 06/25/09
Ah, updates...  JelMin | 06/25/09
RE: Ah, updates...  wolflight | 06/25/09
You really should read the news  JelMin | 06/25/09
Forced updates?  Erroneous | 06/25/09
Don't insult the handicapped ...  de-void | 06/25/09
Tou really should read ALL the news  JelMin | 06/25/09
Whinging  M.R. Kennedy | 06/25/09
re: Ah, updates...  M.R. Kennedy | 06/25/09
An IT person should know  rtk | 06/25/09
Lacking the tools  M.R. Kennedy | 06/25/09
why can't microsoft make update work with other browsers?  stevey_d | 06/25/09
They did  rtk | 06/25/09
@ stevey_d  M.R. Kennedy | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!  TopThrillSteve | 06/25/09
I think it is more like....  Erroneous | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!  ryanmc | 06/25/09
RE: Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!  kongying168 | 06/25/09
Hey Americans, Learn something here....  Bozzer | 06/25/09
Wow...  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
Says most of Europe, High and Low  JelMin | 06/25/09
And even fewer using Opera...  Sleeper Service | 06/25/09
re Says most of Europe, High and Low  j-mccurdy@... | 06/25/09
@ JelMin  M.R. Kennedy | 06/25/09
The global standards body for HTML and CSS....  Bozzer | 06/25/09
Standards body decides the best??  DevStar | 06/25/09
opera free  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Yup Opera is free  JT82 | 06/25/09
i use it on OSX, Windows and cellphones  stevey_d | 06/25/09
Yea Opera really shines there...  JT82 | 06/25/09
IE before web standards?  Bozzer | 06/27/09
I wouldn't know.  James T. Kirk | 06/25/09
Nobody cares...  Sleeper Service | 06/25/09
Really?  Bozzer | 06/27/09
numbskulls?  j-mccurdy@... | 06/25/09
Talk about arrogance  ksj99 | 06/26/09
Guess you don't like being told.  Bozzer | 06/27/09
Flames  duckboxxer | 06/27/09
Makes sense actually  Michael Kelly | 06/25/09
really....  stevey_d | 06/25/09
You really don't read, do you?  ksj99 | 06/26/09
All in one 1 bundle  amj2006 | 06/25/09
RE: All in one bundle  wolflight | 06/25/09
Boo Hoo - Poor Euros  jpr75_z | 06/25/09
I think I saw Hindi language in the Win7 Beta?  deep@... | 06/25/09
Maybe later  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 06/26/09
EU should just go like Munich and waste 6 years upgrading 10% to OSS...  transposeIT | 06/26/09
RE: Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!  Taskforce 22 | 06/26/09
RE: Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!  glenndjones@... | 06/26/09
RE: Microsoft to Europe: No Windows 7 upgrades for you!  jramurray@... | 07/02/09

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