Safari for Windows Receives Prominent Placement on Microsoft's European 'Browser Ballot'

[doylecook]

A Modest Proposal

What if Microsoft created a spinning wheel with the names of all the browsers on it? Click once to spin the wheel, then click again to randomly select and install a browser.

Are we happy now?

 

[sadpanda]

That's what nearly happened, before the 'Browser Ballot' idea was accepted by the EC.

At least one person would have bought it as I ordered my copy while it was still browser less.

I'm aware of that, and I'm still puzzled as to how users would have gotten a browser onto their browser-less Win7. It's been a long time since I've seen copies of Netscape install CDs floating around bookstores.

 

[sadpanda]

The EC ... know microsoft do/are big business and like to cash in on companies wherever possible.

Exactly. Whining.

 

[inkswamp]

I have to say, this really isn't true at all. Most people, including the non tech savvy, know what a browser is, and have preferences. Consumers aren't as stupid as you put them out to be.

Here it is... your moment of Zen.

 

[OllyW]

I'm aware of that, and I'm still puzzled as to how users would have gotten a browser onto their browser-less Win7. It's been a long time since I've seen copies of Netscape install CDs floating around bookstores.

I would have just downloaded one before I installed Windows 7.

 

[bobertoq]

Why should MS have to have a browser ballot? MS made the OS, so it should be able to ship it with whatever browser it wants.

They lost that right when they interfered with the deals between their competition and OEMs.

Maybe the capitalists on this site will learn that everything isn't black and white and that regulating monopolies is actually helping capitalism and isn't just some form of communism or socialism.

Microsoft should still be able to ship whatever browser they want to ship with their operating system. If you disagree then maybe Apple shouldn't intentionally block the Palm Pre from iTunes. I think that's fair.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Microsoft should still be able to ship whatever browser they want to ship with their operating system. If you disagree then maybe Apple shouldn't intentionally block the Palm Pre from iTunes. I think that's fair.

What kind of Market Extortion can come from locking out other players in iTunes?

 

[teknikal90]

umm maybe there aren't any politics behind this...just alphabetical order?

1. Apple Safari
2. Google Chrome
3. Microsoft Internet Explorer
4. Mozilla Firefox
5. Opera Software Opera

...

 

[Tha Professor]

I am really sorry for this late post... I was digging for this article to cite it somewhere else, when I realized that IE8 would totally get me on this ballot with that Daft Punk reference... Better, Harder, Faster, Stronger..... gotta love Daft Punk..)