Deal in Microsoft-EU browser war
“Microsoft reaches agreement with European Union anti-trust regulators to allow European users a choice of browsers.” So says this BBC article.
OK, guys, enough already! Honestly, does it really matter who wins any more? Browser wars, shmowser wars. It’s not like you can’t download any browser you want. Usually for free too - except Opera! Ironic how they are one of the challengers in this case.
On the Windows platform there must be a dozen browsers to choose from. On Mac maybe 3, on Linux maybe 3 or 4. Yeah I know Microsoft was a bit of a bully 10 years ago about all this, but now browser democracy has meant people pick the one they want. It’s over folks, nothing to see here, move along mow.
By the way, did you hear about some EU policy-maker who insisted Microsoft ship Windows 7 without Internet Explorer at all? Picture the scene: Fritz buys Windows 7, rushes home to install it. He can’t wait to hop on the net to download his preferred browser of choice, so he fires up the browser… er… wait, there isn’t one. Tricky, huh?!
