This decision is ridiculous. From what I've read, the main complaint was that including Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer as part of the Windows XP/Vista package was anti-competition. What nonsense!
There's absolutely nothing to stop users from deleting WMP or IE and using whichever media player/browser they choose.
Microsoft don't come tremendously high on my list of favourite companies, but this ruling is a joke. Microsoft should pull all their products from the European market and enjoy the chaos.
Will we next see the EU condemn apple for forcing iPod users to use iTunes? Somehow, I doubt it.
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