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BREAKING: EC response raises more questions for 'Gang of Six' browsers
The European Commission responded earlier today to the petition submitted by the 'Gang of Six' web browsers seeking "any of a myriad of small changes" to alert users of the 7 browser choices not initially displayed on Microsoft's new European Browser Choice update dialog. In an email to CNet writer Stephen Shankland, EC spokeswoman Amelia Torres writes:
"The elements of the Choice Screen were published on the Internet and attention was drawn to them both through a press release and a notice in the EU's Official Journal, in all the languages of the Union. Two of the signatories made submissions in response to this market test, but did not raise the suggestions they advance now. Nor did any other market participant. The elements in question therefore remained unchanged when the final commitments were made binding on Microsoft by the Commission's decision of 16 December 2009."
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Torres' response leaves little room to argue the merits of the 'Gang of Six' petition. I contacted Flock's Shawn Hardin for a response to Torres' remarks.
The EU comment period ends on December 16th when the agreement became binding -- Immediately following which, Microsoft announced the results of the convoluted ranking calculation which defined the 12 browsers to be included."Microsoft informed us on 12/16/09 that Flock had been selected for inclusion. This was the first time Flock received any official information about a decision that Flock would be participating in the program. Prior to this, Flock was never identified or invited as an "interested party" by the European Commission"
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In contrast to Torres' response on behalf of the Commission, the Directorate General of Competition has responded by scheduling a meeting to discuss the petition with the signatories for Monday.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsDorvMar 5th 2010 7:27PM
Maybe telling them that "myriad of" is incorrect would be a nice start :)
PeteMar 5th 2010 8:55PM
Actually, "myriad" is both an adjective and a noun, so "a myriad of small changes" is quite correct.
Kyle BMar 5th 2010 9:06PM
Would you say I have a plethora of small changes?
AdvancedN0obMar 6th 2010 3:04AM
Umm... can someone breif me in short why they are fighting? Cause isnt Windows 7 Microsoft's? And why does the EC care so much? Sorry but didnt follow the story from start...
ericloeweMar 6th 2010 12:05PM
basically here in the EU we send all bad politicians who are really annoying to the EC, so they don't bother their repesctive countries...
Problem is they get easily bored and start investigating companies for "abusive business practices"
AdvancedN0obMar 6th 2010 1:38PM
well thats shit, who cares abt browsers? lol
Ben CarrollMar 6th 2010 3:23AM
Oh my heck. M$oft, I dare you to not release windows in EU, and then see what the EU says. Dicks.
joepalma89Mar 6th 2010 3:53AM
Exactly. Off all the things the EU has made them do, this is stupid. Seriously, the Netscape vs IE2 days are over, pretty much every browser is free, no one is losing money because of IE being free. Microsoft should just tell them to suck it up.
CharaxMay 9th 2010 8:34PM
So...your suggested response to the EU imposing sanctions on Microsoft for attempting to leverage their OS monopoly into the browser market, thereby constituting an abuse of monopoly, is to...
Abuse their monopoly. You're an absolute genius