RSSVista, IE7 Clear of US Antitrust Concerns
By the Betanews Staff | Published November 22, 2006, 2:13 PM
The Justice Department will not be going after Microsoft for any antitrust concerns with Windows Vista or Internet Explorer 7. The government agency said Tuesday in a report that it could find no issues in either product. In addition, it said the technical committee in conjunction with Microsoft was offering an application to help competitors make their programs Vista-ready.
This would allow competing Web browsers, as well as e-mail, IM, and media clients to seamlessly become the default applications within the operating system. The report also indicated that the company was making progress on required documentation, although concern remained that the project was not remaining on-track.
MS needs to take a bit of the responsibility for their problems. I installed an Office update and it won/t allow any further updates. I complained to MS about it and they said they no longer support Office XP. I pointed out that their own website admitted that the update was the problem and they refused to fix it. But I can pay them to fix the problem they caused. MS is it's own worst enemy.
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|Or you can just reinstall office....
...or use software that hasn't reached it's EOL.
Yeah, I know... It's so much easier just to whine that it's all Microsoft's fault.
I'd rather they focused on more recent versions of Office, personally. Their effort and resources should go into products that people are buying *today*, not the crap they sold 5 years ago.
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|Yeah... since that had everything to do with the topic of the article.
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|Kinda like any even remotely Sony related article spawns yet another 360 vs. PS3 flame-fest?
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|Just about.
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|Well, they already paid the(m) fine. ;)
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|/sarcasm on
Yeah now only those wicked euros ruin everything!!!
/sarcasm off
Somebody gotta pay the Microsoft Tax.
In Europe the Ultimate Version costs 549 Euro = 700$! That will teach them!!!
/uuuups sarcasm off 2
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|Aww you gatta be kiddin me. They are only charing that much? It should be about $1000 euros for Ultimate Edition.
Hopefully the 700 euro price will take care of the pitiful EU.
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|Yeah the price increase is because MS has to get the fines back from Europeans that they had to pay for not complying to the EU Commissions rules.
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|And hopefully no-one in the EU buys it, right?
Then they'll all switch to OSX or Linux... and Microsoft will lose a massive amount of market share in the OS market.
I like that plan. Brilliant. :P
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|Or it's actually quite a lot cheaper here if you look at how much money we make compared to the exchange rate.
1 GBP = 1.9 USD roughly.
Vista Ultimate = £362
For any working person that isn't really a massive amount.
So it works out quite cheap to us in the EU.
Everything is 'more expensive' in USD over here (look at the iPods etc), when really it's about equal with the exchange rates and the amount of GBP that are earned.
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|You know that Vista costs 399$ in the USA right?
No matter what you type, your argument is that its ok if MS makes £ = $.
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|I'm trying to work out here just which parallel universe *your* UK must be in. What about the typical working bloke here in the UK I live in, bringing home under £200 a week, and working couples who know they could never earn anywhere near enough to buy themselves a home ?
To be honest, I can't think of a single person I know who would even consider spending £362 on a copy of Windows for their computer.
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|Vista Ultimate Edition is NOT A MAINSTREAM PROODUCT (in other words, it is for very specific purposes such as computer labs for teaching Vista, etc.) Vista Premium is the upgrade from XP Professional, not Vista Ultimate.
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|whos needs ultimate? is it just the word ultimate that makes on salivate?
after looking at the version, home seems to be the way to go
what else could 99% of the planet need?
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|Wait remind how much MS have given in donation to both parties?
Oh, right...
Did they changed their minds? Is IE easily extractable from the OS?
Smells like lobby $.
Better product? Can I have the same stuff you're having...
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|I love it.
Decent Competition = No problems
Total lack of competition = Sue the hell out of MS for being an Evil Monopoly.
...whether or not the lack of competition actually has anything to do with MS other than the fact that they put out a better product.
Yeah, I'm b****ing about Netscape again. :p Bite me.
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|"Total lack of competition = Sue the hell out of MS for being an Evil Monopoly."
aww come on.... I like seeing the beast cringe like a little bi***.
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|*laughs*
I was expecting a flood. Had the house on stilts and everything...
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|"...although concern remained that the project was not remaining on-track." Umm....
Oh, and someone send this to the EU. ;)
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|hahah yeah and send it FAST!
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|Is Windows a product you have to pay for for home use???
/me chuckles
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|No, send it SWIFT. :D
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