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(Unverified)Jan 27th 2009 6:46PM
I don't know what everyone is complaining about. Microsoft is a monopoly. The big 3 car manufacturers refused to evolve to meet customer demands and have all but gone under. Microsoft refuses to meet customer demands but has the luxury of being the most widely available and 'taken for granted' software company in the world.
I think its about time governments started putting in legislature that actually gives the consumer a REAL choice. I'm sick of seeing firefox being used by only savvy internet users. The same goes for vlc mediaplayer, process explorer, ccleaner, autologics defragmenter, thunderbird, rocket dock, launchy, paint.net.
It's almost becoming a rule amongst savvy computer users that 'if it's free, open source and does what any microsoft product does, then it's superior in every way'.
These sort of EU mandates are finally beginning to address that.
Maybe in 2020 we'll catch on in the US......
jimjobeJan 29th 2009 11:32AM
This is almost laughable. The big three car makers can't make a profit BECAUSE of government requirements. Plus, union contracts (which are the auto companies fault for signing) make cars cost way more to produce than the non union using competition, further decreasing profitability.
"I think its about time governments started putting in legislature that actually gives the consumer a REAL choice. I'm sick of seeing firefox being used by only savvy internet users."
I've used FF for years now. Unfortunately, the problem is not choice, but consistency. EVERY OS comes with a browser installed. Microsoft = IE, Apple = Safari, Linux = Firefox (typically), and of course each entity includes the browser that benefits them (if there is one). But with each of these, you have the unrestricted ability to download whatever browser you wish and install it as you choose. The problem for me is that this is not about bringing the other software up, but bringing Microsoft down. Why wouldn't the EU make it easier for non-profit software devs to advertise and get the word out instead of just try to do what you can to punish a company that has invested millions into their own software.
This is not to say there should not be any regulation...I agree that practices like trying to discourage OEMs from installing competing OSs should not be allowed (which Microsoft certainly has been guilty of), but that's where people can benefit the most. Let the OEM decide which OS to install according to what their customers want, and let the end-user install whatever software they want. If a computer user has no clue that alternative browsers even exist, then that person probably isn't using the internet in a way that even requires a better browser.
(Unverified)Jan 29th 2009 12:49PM
No matter what the unions say at the end of the day each and every American car that has been sold, was sold at a profit.
Alas the number's of sold cars is what decreased, because consumers evolved from wanting gas guzzling cars the size of Kansas. In that Market, Dodge, Ford, Chysler et al. have VERY little to offer. Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, VW, Audi etc etc, the list goes on and on.
The EU will always try to bring companies like MS down, ecause they do not tolerate market dominance the way we do in the US. Look at the uproar that was caused when MS announced they would be implementing the .docx file format as the international standard word processing format, effectively securing the sales of their latest Office Products world wide. Who cares aboput the schools and small businesses in Africa, India, and the developing world huh? It's okay, the children that do manage to get an education there can just come over to the US and work 70 hours a week on a contract basis for MS huh?
And why can't I call up dell and order my new PC with Ubuntu on it? I live in a free country don't I, oh no that's right, when it comes to computers and information systems I live in Microsoft country.
Expect the EU to take a very strong stance against the strongarming capitalism of Microsoft for MANY years to come.