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  • Frederik Van Lierde
    Frederik Van Lierde    Group moderator
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    The Browser War
    The browser war is going on, lobbyist groups discussing with EU, EU attacking Microsoft, Microsoft offering solution which are difficult for the EU to accept. A lot of money and time is lost and without any advantage for the consumer, user.

    Did the European Commission gone to far in this case? Is the European Commission a play ball of the big companies? At the end we talk about Free Software and Free accessible software to the public.

    I think the European Commission has been to far this time and I explained why in my article. Also I think there is an easier way to solve this issue.

    Read the whole article on http://frederikvanlierde.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/browser-wa...

    What do you think?
    • 27 Jul 2009, 11:50 pm
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  • William Langford
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    Re^2: The Browser War
    Great article.

    My question is: Why should Microsoft be forced to offer it's competitors products as part of their OS? I can't think of any other products which are treated in this fashion. Once one has one browser, one can easily download others. All my Windows machines have IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Wolfram's search engine. Not a problem with any version of Windows installing and using any of them. By the way, I'm using Windows 2000, XP, Vista (two versions) and Windows 7.
    • 29 Jul 2009, 12:02 pm
  • Michael Sloyan
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    Re^3: The Browser War
    There is no browser war!

    As William quite rightly states, it is easy for any pc user to pick and choose from a vast range of browser alternatives. There at least 10 servicable browser choices that can be downloaded for free.

    "Your house may have a red front door when you move in but you can colour it as you choose once you move in" and the same goes for PC's, operating systems and browsers.

    Any political debate about the use/choice of browsers is:

    A/ A pointless exercise because the end user will make his or her own choice in the end

    B/ An insult to the intelligence of computer users as we are all fully aware of the above.

    If there is area for debate it should be on the levels of security OS providers build into their software to protect their clients. The winner of that debate will take all the prizes.

    Michael Sloyan
    Founder & CEO
    The World Business Fair
    http:http://www.worldbusinessfair.com
    • 29 Jul 2009, 3:00 pm