Media Player Row: Will The EU Read Between The Lines?
News In the case of media players, the EU is intensely interested in the assumption that when a default media playing technology, such as WMP, exists in Windows, end users will establish a preference for that media player.
[January 7, 2004, 11:45]
Pricing Scuppers Media Player-free XP
Talkback Since practically all the most popular films are American, plus practically all major web news sites and portals like Yahoo, Msnbc, Fox news et al are using WMP exlusively, how exactly does the EU propose to stop WMP from dominating?
[June 27, 2005, 23:17]
Big Guns Line Up Against Microsoft
Talkback Personally I like Microsoft they're doing loads of R&D outside of instant profit making IT ideas like cures for Aids etc.and I like WMP, I also find WinXP is pretty compliant when I designate Firefox as my browser of choice.
[April 7, 2005, 5:37]
EC: A Q&A On The Microsoft Decision
News What happens if Microsoft does not disclose the specified information or offer a version of Windows without WMP within the deadlines outlined by the Commission? Is the Commission's case in line with US law as far as unbundling of the WMP is concerned?
[March 24, 2004, 11:20]
High Noon For Microsoft In EU Battle
Talkback They should just force Microsoft to include other players with XP or make WMP work with other codec’s. I just don’t see why this matters to the EU so much. How much will it cost the EU? I know if I was buying my first PC I wouldn’t like to have to...
[June 1, 2005, 14:23]
Microsoft Prepares Scaled-down Windows For Europe
Talkback This would seem like an important part of placing WMP on an equal footing with its competitors. That would just be plain silly, unless it's MS's intent to sell as few copies of this new version while still being seen to comply with the EU's Ruling.
[December 23, 2004, 11:39]
Microsoft Awaits Punitive EU Judgment
Talkback If WMP wasnt bundled with Windows would we have to pay MS even more money to have the same as what we have now? ie £xxx.00 for Windows PLUS £xx.00 for WMP as opposed to the one price for the bundled lot?
[March 18, 2004, 20:09]
Microsoft Awaits Punitive EU Judgment
Talkback I would second the other point that WMP is actually not a bad media player and that this also may have had some effect in its market share as well as the bundling with os If you don't like WMP, run Real Player or QuickTime.
[March 18, 2004, 16:04]
