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Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog In short, unbundle IE in Europe? Why not unbundle the whole of Windows from all OEM PCs shipped in Europe? You've probably caught up with the news that Microsoft is going to offer a version of Windows to the European market, without Internet...
[June 15, 2009, 9:24]
South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
News The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a 33 billion won m) fine on Microsoft and ordered the company to unbundle Windows Microsoft is now required to unbundle the Windows Media Service from its server OS and deliver two new versions of...
[December 7, 2005, 9:25]
EC will force BT to unbundle by year end
News The European Commission goes head to head with BT (quote: BT) Wednesday, forcing the telco to unbundle the local loop six months ahead of its planned date. It has been changed to a regulation which will require all member states to unbundle their...
[July 12, 2000, 12:02]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment evansdg1 said: Didn't Dell offer PC with Linux as an option ? If there was such a pent up demand from NORMAL, EVERYDAY people for alternatives to Windows then the market would address it. I had a link in the article to a discussion paper which...
[June 17, 2009, 12:31]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment evansdg1. I have found plenty of support available from the linux community itself. As for OEM linux, It's just a matter of finding the right distro to put on. From what I've seen of mint that could be the one.
[June 17, 2009, 12:32]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment I have been banging this drum for years. I feel like I'm getting screwed everytime I buy a new laptop. The first thing I do is install Linux and wipe windows. But, it still counts as a sale of windows, and I am considered a user of windows, IE, and...
[June 17, 2009, 18:21]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment @koqenz You said: If Windows is to be supplied without IE, how is it that users obtain any browser, i.e. Chrome, Firefox, Safari if they have no means to browse the internet "out of the box". This is a good question, and only one that Microsoft can...
[June 15, 2009, 12:55]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment I think it will be down to the OEMs to offer the choice of browsers, maybe on a separate disk. Microsofts way of sticking two fingers up to the EU. The charitable thing to do would be to have a thin client installed that took you to the home pages...
[June 15, 2009, 14:17]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment Re: Browser domination, perhap's ive missed something but. If Windows is to be supplied without IE, how is it that users obtain any browser, i.e. Chrome, Firefox, Safari if they have no means to browse the internet "out of the box".
[June 15, 2009, 15:35]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment It is a sham. As long as you don't activate windows online, I wonder what the legalities of using the OEM liciense on a fresh PC build would be. After all you paid for it, someone could use it, and I bet you it would activate to the new hardware...
[June 17, 2009, 23:33]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment Roger said: It is a sham. As long as you don't activate windows online, I wonder what the legalities of using the OEM licence on a fresh PC build would be. Unfortunately, for us mere consumers, Microsoft's got the situation sewn up fairly tightly.
[June 18, 2009, 0:47]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment ator1940 said: This is inherently wrong, forcing someone to pay for something they don't want, and are not going to use. It is the same as stealing money from a customer at gunpoint. Many countries have consumer or trade practices laws which...
[June 18, 2009, 10:21]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment @roger I agree with your comment: I think it will be down to the OEMs to offer the choice of browsers, maybe on a separate disk. However, as we don't know what happens at the negotiating table behind closed doors, we don't know what kind of...
[June 16, 2009, 2:32]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment How tedious these articles are. Didn't Dell offer PC with Linux as an option ? If there was such a pent up demand from NORMAL, EVERYDAY people for alternatives to Windows then the market would address it.
[June 16, 2009, 10:44]
South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
Talkback We need to be clear on what bundling means. Simply supplying applications on top of the operating system is fine. After all, Linux distros and Apple do it. However, Microsoft do not simply bundle IE/Messenger/WMP with Windows.
[December 7, 2005, 12:48]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment .And that will also open peoples eyes to the cost of windows when they buy a new PC.
[June 16, 2009, 16:28]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment I've taken to describing this approach as "malicious compliance". It appears to have become Microsoft's favored approach to dealing with firm, clear, "written down in black and white" restrictions or obligations; follow the letter in a manner that...
[June 17, 2009, 9:42]
Easynet vows to unbundle more of Britain
Talkback All well and good but this is NOTHING compared to what's available to the home user in Japan for LESS than we are paying here in the UK for 0.5Mb It's another case of ROB Rip Off Britain !
[January 13, 2004, 16:13]
Easynet vows to unbundle more of Britain
Talkback Wow 80 exchanges is going to make a great deal of difference! I expect they'll be in and around urban locales so absolutely no benefit to those of us in the rural, seemingly third class, community. It's about time the Government forced BT to stop...
[January 13, 2004, 18:24]
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
Blog Comment And right on cue, to emphasise just how much monopoly power Microsoft wields in this industry, power which prevents alternatives such as Linux from gaining a competitive perch in the desktop OS market, is this item of intelligence from Groklaw:
[June 22, 2009, 9:44]
