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Skybird · 06-14-09, 02:07 PM

Okay, but then it is still a free choice by the consumer if they chose to download IE instead of Firefox or Chrome or whatever.

If Firefox or Chrome want their's to be downloade, they have to make them more attractive. It is not microft's moral obligation to do their work for them, it just needs to accept the obligation to give them the needed infomation so that Mozilla and Google can make their browers working in a Microsoft Windows environment. It is the other competitor's job to make their products attractive enough so that they are compatible. And if they are not attractive for a wide audience, the EU should not force them down people's throat nevertheless by demanding Microsoft to distribute the rivalling products by Mozilla and Google.

They are competing - not cooperating. The EU does not seem to know the difference here.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,719 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Okay, but then it is still a free choice by the consumer if they chose to download IE instead of Firefox or Chrome or whatever. If Firefox or Chrome want their's to be downloade, they have to make them more attractive. It is not microft's moral obligation to do their work for them, it just needs to accept the obligation to give them the needed infomation so that Mozilla and Google can make their browers working in a Microsoft Windows environment. It is the other competitor's job to make their products attractive enough so that they are compatible. And if they are not attractive for a wide audience, the EU should not force them down people's throat nevertheless by demanding Microsoft to distribute the rivalling products by Mozilla and Google. They are competing - not cooperating. The EU does not seem to know the difference here. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.