Comments on: EU vs Microsoft, Why? http://tapaninaho.com/blog/2009/02/eu-vs-microsoft-why/ Kristian Tapaninaho’s place to write and share ideas. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Kristian http://tapaninaho.com/blog/2009/02/eu-vs-microsoft-why/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Kristian Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:19:09 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/?p=288#comment-651 That's right, it's not a bad thing. Especially if you think about the alternative. Should a computer <b>just</b> come with the OS? Then, when first starting your new Mac or PC, you'd be presented with a dialog box asking which browser you want. After that which photo-organizer. Then which email client and so on. This in itself isn't that crazy of idea but the problem is that the people who would never download an alternative browser would most likely just go with the default option anyhow, thus defeating the objective. That’s right, it’s not a bad thing. Especially if you think about the alternative. Should a computer just come with the OS? Then, when first starting your new Mac or PC, you’d be presented with a dialog box asking which browser you want. After that which photo-organizer. Then which email client and so on. This in itself isn’t that crazy of idea but the problem is that the people who would never download an alternative browser would most likely just go with the default option anyhow, thus defeating the objective.

]]> By: alex kent http://tapaninaho.com/blog/2009/02/eu-vs-microsoft-why/comment-page-1/#comment-652 alex kent Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:37:20 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/?p=288#comment-652 this is a long standing dispute, since way back in win 95 / ie4 (?) days. the landscape was different then. as i recall; basically microsoft was the first OS vendor to bundle a web browser with their OS, thus destroying Netscape's (paid) browser market overnight. also, and perhaps crucially, microsoft prevented their 'value added resellers' (Dell, HP, etc.) from unbundling IE and including Netscape. at the time the browser vendors, quite reasonably, saw this as an anti-competitive move and started waving their arms around in the direction of the courts. since then, the software world has changed. both major platforms now come with browsers, media players, jukebox software, photo organisers... all kinds of software is bundled with the OS.is this anti competitive? yep probably, but it's also presenting the user with a complete usable computer. which in my opinion isn't a bad thing. and you know what, i'm sitting here typing in Safari. this is a long standing dispute, since way back in win 95 / ie4 (?) days. the landscape was different then.
as i recall; basically microsoft was the first OS vendor to bundle a web browser with their OS, thus destroying Netscape’s (paid) browser market overnight. also, and perhaps crucially, microsoft prevented their ‘value added resellers’ (Dell, HP, etc.) from unbundling IE and including Netscape.
at the time the browser vendors, quite reasonably, saw this as an anti-competitive move and started waving their arms around in the direction of the courts.

since then, the software world has changed.
both major platforms now come with browsers, media players, jukebox software, photo organisers… all kinds of software is bundled with the OS.is this anti competitive? yep probably, but it’s also presenting the user with a complete usable computer. which in my opinion isn’t a bad thing.

and you know what, i’m sitting here typing in Safari.

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