Web-ware: Microsoft EU deadline in 8 days.

nev_payne · 23-May-05, 03:01 PM

Its crunchtime for Microsoft and the recent EU ledgislation on its software. To quote the spokesperson, its 8 days or "Game Over".

LINKAGE HERE to Reuters.

Quote:


	The 2004 ruling required Microsoft to make its ubiquitous Windows operating system available without Windows Media Player, so computer makers could buy alternative software, to play films and music, from RealNetworks and Apple. It also ordered the company to share information with rival makers of servers used to run printers and retrieve files, an issue known as interoperability. The company was supposed to propose a trustee to monitor its compliance.

FunkyFresh · 23-May-05, 03:35 PM

How's a media player that ships with an OS any different than a radio that ships with a car? You don't hear Alpine whining that Lexus won't sell its cars without a CD player... and that's a heckuva lot harder to replace than WMP.

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23-May-05, 03:35 PM		#2 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	How's a media player that ships with an OS any different than a radio that ships with a car? You don't hear Alpine whining that Lexus won't sell its cars without a CD player... and that's a heckuva lot harder to replace than WMP.