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Mike999 HotCakeX I have to speak up, here. What y'all are saying is 100% true. I was a die-hard IBM OS/2 user in the 1980s, and really had no use for Microsoft. Fast forward to the 21st Century. Modern Today, Windows is a very robust operating system. I think it really came into its own with Vista (I never had any problems with that), but especially with 7. Win 10 is even better!
So, how about this situation with the EU? All these fines, etc. are what happens when socialism is embraced. You'll notice that none of these fines come from the USA. I hesitated to go there, because it can be construed as political. However, it seems that several of you are on the same sheet of music as I.
At the end of the day, Microsoft has not, in the past decades, prevented users from embracing software not installed by them. You can even install other operating systems alongside theirs, and both play reasonably well with each other. In the end, it's choice. If I want Microsoft's browser, I use it. If I want Firefox or Chrome, I can use those, also. If I want to run Linux on the same machine, that's possible. I can use Windows Media Player (which sometimes I prefer to its replacement), or I can install someone else's and make it Windows's default. (I still miss Windows Movie Maker!)
Well, that's my $0.04 (somewhat more than 2 cents)! Thank you for letting me climb on my soapbox.
--Dan
One more thing with the EU. Before they fine you, they give you all the chances and time for you to comply with the law. The process takes at least 5 years often much more. Google problems with there search are going on for almost a decade now. They finally have to start paying up. You can't tell me that Google and Microsoft coders are so inept that they could not have changed a bit of code in that timeframe. For me, it is nothing more than the arrogance of some of the USA companies not willing to comply with the law in countries they do business in. Microsoft, Apple, and others have changed in that regard, Google clearly hasn't yet. If they have to pay every year up to 10% of their total earnings to learn that lesson then so be it. It is there own choice.