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Author:  AlunD [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
Quote:
Microsoft has reached agreement with European Union anti-trust regulators to allow European users a choice of web browsers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8415902.stm

Shrugs non event as far as I'm concerned. :roll:
Author:  james016 [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
Quote:
Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "Millions of European consumers will benefit from this decision by having a free choice about which web browser they use."


Just like they always have done.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
So we can confidently see the usage statistics for Opera to shoot up and conquer all before them.. oh thought not. What a waste of time and money. :roll:
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
I see they waited until after Windows 7's release. It still installed IE without asking when I installed it.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
I quite like having IE there when I rebuild a PC for someone. I use it once to download firefox and then delete all shortcuts to it, and then use firefox to download all of the other software I need. Now that almost everyone has some sort of broadband, then with the frequency I have to do this sort of thing, it is far easier than making sure I have all the up to date files on some sort of external storage.
Author:  EddArmitage [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
So is Windows/Microsoft Update not going to depend on IE from now on then?
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
EddArmitage wrote:
So is Windows/Microsoft Update not going to depend on IE from now on then?


It hasnt for a long time if youve been using Vista or W7.
Author:  EddArmitage [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
bobbdobbs wrote:
EddArmitage wrote:
So is Windows/Microsoft Update not going to depend on IE from now on then?

It hasnt for a long time if youve been using Vista or W7.

Oh OK. Can you tell my machine is still XP? Not that I have access to it much...
Author:  big_D [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
bobbdobbs wrote:
EddArmitage wrote:
So is Windows/Microsoft Update not going to depend on IE from now on then?


It hasnt for a long time if youve been using Vista or W7.

You don't strictly need it in XP SP2 either... You can use the automatic updates to search select which updates you want as well.
Author:  james016 [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Microsoft ends 10-year fight with Europe on browsers
You will now get a random and I'm sure very useful choice of 12 browsers

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/354193/micr ... rowser-row
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