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No chance Microsoft is going to win this one, no matter how ridiculous the entire thing is at this point. The market is handling the problem itself, with IE losing its share almost every day. Opera needs to realize that NO ONE CARES about their browser. Even if IE drops off the face of the planet, Firefox will still keep them locked away in obscurity. The EU is just doing this as a bit of chest pounding and showing that they look after their own. The juicy pile of undeserved cash sitting on the table that they get to keep for their enjoyment doesn't hurt either.
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Opera = Euro company  flatliner | 05/21/09
Nope  Yensi717 | 05/21/09
The main browser competitors are US companies. This is about competition on  DonnieBoy | 05/21/09
Don't be such a Muppet  Alan Smithie | 05/21/09
Opera is garbage & EU/EC will take anyones Money  sbass@... | 05/22/09
EU = Biggest and Worst Monopoly.  Rama.NET | 05/22/09
Crybaby corporations of Europe  sbass@... | 05/22/09
Actually...  PollyProteus | 05/22/09
Actually... I stand corrected  sbass@... | 05/22/09
That's laughable  UAC nanny screen | 05/22/09
Your right - That's laughable  sbass@... | 05/22/09
You're laughable  UAC nanny screen | 05/22/09
Wrong Examples  lmenningen | 05/22/09
Modus Operandi may be different  Alan Smithie | 05/22/09
How about the one about the software company...  zkiwi | 05/22/09
Is everyone in the EU a victim?  sbass@... | 05/22/09
Well, at least those in the EU...  zkiwi | 05/22/09
Former MS victims, yes.  fr0thy2 | 05/25/09
Yes of course  An Old Man | 05/22/09
Justice? HA  owner@... | 05/22/09
I'm a badly done EU citizen  sbass@... | 05/22/09
And rampant Capitalist greed caused ...  I am Gorby | 05/24/09
What a moron...nt  transposeIT | 05/22/09
M$ tries to delay  Linux Geek | 05/21/09
Read the article  medezark@... | 05/21/09
ONE room  martin23 | 05/21/09
Require and Enforce A Browser!  lmenningen | 05/22/09
Yup they all bundle...  Dave32265 | 05/21/09
Correct. The problem isn't the bundling, it's the integration. [nt]  olePigeon | 05/21/09
Any bundling is illegal, but, MS even took it one step further  DonnieBoy | 05/21/09
Intertwined  medezark@... | 05/22/09
and that is the point  owner@... | 05/22/09
former windows user, current linux user  tmsbrdrs | 05/22/09
integration  owner@... | 05/22/09
And if you had read a bit more...  zkiwi | 05/21/09
exactly  owner@... | 05/22/09
Wrong  UAC nanny screen | 05/22/09
"Microsoft is being unfairly singled out"  fr0thy2 | 05/25/09
Ballmer Was Still In The Buffet Line  itanalyst2@... | 05/21/09
If no one's really listening  laxmanb | 05/21/09
No, all of the people that were scheduled to be at the hearing WILL be at  DonnieBoy | 05/21/09
What about Konquerer?  pupkin_z | 05/21/09
Easy - remove KDE and use another DTE  Alan Smithie | 05/21/09
You can't use logic...  PollyProteus | 05/22/09
How can you be objective with a track record like this?  UAC nanny screen | 05/22/09
You confuse the trivial with the complex.  TheWerewolf | 05/21/09
Well, MS sure did inter-twine everything on purpose. Legally speaking they  DonnieBoy | 05/21/09
software design  owner@... | 05/22/09
Ack!  zkiwi | 05/22/09
bundling...  owner@... | 05/22/09
What fun...  zkiwi | 05/21/09
I wondered the same thing  dfolk2 | 05/21/09
Wrong again. (As usual)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/21/09
Ummmm...  Dave32265 | 05/21/09
Let Him Live In His Fantasy World  itanalyst2@... | 05/21/09
LOL...  Dave32265 | 05/21/09
I got enough hanging  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
Perhaps he is not as fat as you are.  B.O.F.H. | 05/23/09
You should post more - it's entertaining. nt  fog_za | 05/24/09
Face, meet palm.  MarkKB | 05/21/09
Hmmmmm  Dave32265 | 05/21/09
OOP and reuse of objects  owner@... | 05/22/09
Yes, you are right  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
re: Ummm  owner@... | 05/22/09
Apparently that person is you...  zkiwi | 05/22/09
Ah, now thats funny...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
I believe...  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
So lets have another version of windows that no one wants.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/21/09
Oh give it up already...  Plain Logic | 05/21/09
Since when did a company include a rival's component in their product?  transposeIT | 05/21/09
Say what? Are you on drugs?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
I'd say they aren't...  zkiwi | 05/22/09
I think you are the one that needs to give it up  owner@... | 05/22/09
No one said...  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
if you had a clue dave...  owner@... | 05/22/09
Exactly why  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
Ok, you use Linux, why whine about Windows?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
@No_Axe: Hardly...  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
ActiveX is Windows specific, it's related to COM/DCOM/COM+  B.O.F.H. | 05/22/09
Are you naive, ignorant, or lying?  zkiwi | 05/22/09
That's bull, owner@...  UAC nanny screen | 05/22/09
You can't get blood out of a turnip, Dave  Ole Man | 05/22/09
How true...  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
Well, you can hope that one day...  zkiwi | 05/22/09
Download it how???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
Use ftp from the command line!  B.O.F.H. | 05/23/09
Uh, can't download a browser unless  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/22/09
Which is of course...  zkiwi | 05/22/09
You just shot your technical credibility!  B.O.F.H. | 05/23/09
No, I must say in No_Axe's defense here ...  fr0thy2 | 05/25/09
Like Vista wink  Alan Smithie | 05/21/09
That has more user base than Linux? Bad example. Try again...nt  transposeIT | 05/22/09
More than the Linux kernel ?  Alan Smithie | 05/22/09
Europeans....Still tryng hard to be relevant in a world that has moved on.  transposeIT | 05/21/09
Well if MS...  Dave32265 | 05/21/09
Look in the Mirror  Alan Smithie | 05/21/09
I see a good looking man who enjoys life and gets his job done.  transposeIT | 05/22/09
Or a........  Alan Smithie | 05/22/09
What a Moron  An Old Man | 05/22/09
Microsoft to EU: Eat my shorts...Here's your dirty money, pigs.  transposeIT | 05/21/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  Wraith Daquell | 05/21/09
Almost right ...  fr0thy2 | 05/25/09
Microssoft juidge and jury over themselves cancels hearing  Randalllind | 05/21/09
Not a trial  medezark@... | 05/22/09
EU to Microsoft: Just hand over the money so there won't be trouble...  transposeIT | 05/22/09
re: EU to Microsoft: Just hand over the money so there won't be trouble...  owner@... | 05/22/09
Stop lying, cheating and stooping lower and lower.  fr0thy2 | 05/25/09
EU to Intel: It's pointless to resist. Just pay up and we're out of here...  transposeIT | 05/22/09
Thank goodness  An Old Man | 05/22/09
EU among themselves: Easy money. Americans are so gullible...  transposeIT | 05/22/09
Once again...  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
It's not as if they were not found to violate Anti-Trust rules before.  B.O.F.H. | 05/22/09
the problem...  owner@... | 05/22/09
There are 5 known cases, can you provide more details.  B.O.F.H. | 05/22/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  medezark@... | 05/22/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  owner@... | 05/22/09
Antitrust law is an integrated and inseparable feature  HollywoodDog | 05/22/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  owner@... | 05/22/09
Opera please  Apache19 | 05/22/09
Bravo! Great post  sbass@... | 05/22/09
EU/EC is at is again. Need to pay for another social program.  sbass@... | 05/22/09
Fair price?  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
Fair price? - I agree  sbass@... | 05/22/09
Or...  Dave32265 | 05/22/09
sure  desamuelson | 05/22/09
when is integration bad?  dgrainge | 05/22/09
ermmm  desamuelson | 05/22/09
Anti-Justice EC Based on Greed and Power?  lmenningen | 05/22/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  PollyProteus | 05/22/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  Hubcaps216 | 05/22/09
@You'er laughable  windozefreak | 05/22/09
So...  zkiwi | 05/23/09
RE: Microsoft cancels oral hearing in EC browser-bundling case  Hubcaps216 | 05/23/09
Maybe I'm missing something  mark16_15@... | 05/23/09
What MS has a proprietary Kernel! SUE!  dunn@... | 05/25/09
I guess you're either...  zkiwi | 05/25/09
delay, delay, delay. that's the M$ way. till the offender croaks or goes  wessonjoe | 05/26/09

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