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Story: Microsoft hits back at Opera antitrust claims

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Bundling

The issue is not necesarily with Microsoft. Its with the hardware manufactures (OEM's) who ship the vast majority of PC's.
They bundle all kinds of additional software with the operating system, that they thinnkk will make their user experience better/easier. For example; look at Sony for their Spiderman 3 film promotion by including trailers of it and themes on their laptops.

OEM's should bundle Firefox and Opera. The real questions are:
Why do they not see the point?
Are they being pressured by MS to not do this?
Do they not see any value in doing so?
Are they being pressured by consumers who dont want to spend and extra £5 that it might cost for the additional installtion? They seem happy to pay an extra £5 for a spiderman theme.

It is very conveniant of Microsoft to control the connection to the internet if Virtualisation and Software as a Service are the future.
If they can stop people from switching to alternative Virtualisation or SAAS products by rendering the browser incompatible or even threatening to render the browser incompatible by pushing through an update, cutting people off from their NON-MS products on the internet. The risk of disruption would people of purchasing the alternative future-products.

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