Comments on: EC and Microsoft: Discussion Themes

By: Vitor

Vitor — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:14:22 +0000

A microsoft deveria se preucupar com os usuarios não com o Dinheiro.A microsoft devia acabar com o monopolio contra a Mozilla e outras empresas, eles obigam as pessoas usarem o ie(internet expolorer) sendo que o Firefox e Thunderbird são superiores ao softwares deles quando a Mozilla lançar um so ai windows vira-ra lenda para min.

By: bellamind

bellamind — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:15:44 +0000

Кризис, говорят, в марте усилится. Хотелось бы знать, кто затеял все это
и как вообще мы докатились до такой жизни.

By: Christoffer

Christoffer — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:01:25 +0000

The reason could be that they just don’t want that choice. Not everybody is interested in the full options list in every aspect of their life. That is a fact. If i talk to my parents about what browser they should choose, they frankly don’t care. That is the hard reality for MANY internet users. Those who are aware of the other browsers, and are interested enough, have already made a choice. And it might be a harsh fact to swallow that many of them still chose MS. But making a lawsuit out of it is just hilarious.

By: Frankenberry

Frankenberry — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:44:02 +0000

The central issue to complaints about Microsoft packaging IE with Windows is that Microsoft is using its leverage in one market (OS) to create leverage in another market (browser). That is one of the definitions of monopolistic practices. Microsoft does not have its market share in the browser market because people are choosing IE over some competitor. Microsoft has substantial market share in the browser market because a lot of people that use Windows are simply not making a choice at all.

By: Gorm//

Gorm// — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:43:05 +0000

I think the whole discussion about browser versions in Windows should stop. Microsoft made a product and built in a piece of software. Microsoft decide what ever they want to build into their software – and nobody else. If the product (in this case Windows) then becomes a worldwide succes, does this mean that Microsoft are obliged to change their product – just because other companies want “a piece of the action”? The equivalent would be that a car should be built with different hi-fi systems, so that the user could choose….NO! The producer of a product – and the producer alone! – should have the right to decide what they want to build into their product. As it turns out , people can just stop buying the product if they don’t like the package. Stop complaining about Microsoft’s dominance – they earned all of it! If you don’t want it, don’t buy it. But for God’s sake, stop complaining, just because you want a free ride on the Microsoft wave….stop whining, dry your eyes and admit that Microsoft actually made a product worth buying – just ask the millions of happy Internet Explorer users.