I just one to make one point about this case clear (although I'm not
involved in it in any way). The complaint is manly about getting
Microsoft to follow accepted web standards more closely, and isn't
about money at all. I believe we (Opera) have stated that we don't
want to earn any money as a result of this complaint. Hopefully this
is not one of the cases where just lawyers win.
I'm hoping that IE8 comes out and surprises a lot of people with its
level of standards support. That would be a win for everyone.
David
On 14 Dec 2007, at 00:05, James Ellis wrote:
Hi
I read this on the Opera feed this morning, I'm not sure how it
will proceed
but it mentions:
"The complaint describes how Microsoft is abusing its dominant
position by
tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating
system and by
hindering interoperability by not following accepted Web standards"
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/12/13/
I wonder what the flow on effects of this would be internationally
rather than
just in the EU ? Of course there is the opinion that only lawyers
win out of
arguments like this but it would defnitely be a more interesting
playground
if IE wasn't bundled and supported accepted standards better.
Cheers
James
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