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VanFeb 26th 2010 5:00PM
Why isn't Apple under this same browser ballot scrutiny? Don't they likewise have their own home-made browser installed by default on their OS? Something is very wrong here.
polobunnyFeb 26th 2010 6:24PM
It's easier to point at the biggest guy of the bunch.
My idea is that there's an out of control Microsoft hater with enough power somewhere in the EU. :P
On the other hand I'm happy if the world could be freed from it's Internet Exploder shackles. The means of doing this however are absolutely repugnant and unfair in all the senses of the term.
Microsoft never locked you down to Internet Explorer. If you want you can go and download any other browser and use Internet Explorer only once.
RecycledBottleFeb 27th 2010 12:35AM
Most of these lawsuits started in the 90s. Maybe you guys weren't old enough at the time. It's not so much about user percentages, but rather business practices. MS used unethical and sometimes illegal methods of coercion to obtain and expand their dominance. And yes, at this time Apple could probably be in trouble for some the same stuff. One key difference is that Apple makes its OS and software for the hardware it makes. They are a hardware and gadget manufacturer first. The main reason that Safari exists is because MS did not support OS9 and OS10 at the same level it did windows. Apple simply had to start making its own software to appease its users.
(Unverified)Feb 27th 2010 5:47AM
That's a good answer to the questions above, re: the effective monopoly by Microsoft -- if anyone up there is still reading :)
blahblahblahFeb 28th 2010 3:30PM
At this point, I don't think you can call Safari Apple's browser any more. Safari is what you get when you compile Webkit nightly builds, and that's an open source project being developed jointly by (just the ones I know off the top of my head) Apple, Google, Palm, RIM, Nokia, the GNOME developers, and the KDE developers.
Plus, Apple is more than willing to link to third party programs- the download page on their website, which every Mac has a shortcut to in the menu, lists Firefox as number 5 and Microsoft Messenger for Mac as number 6.