Microsoft still corrects the "error" with the choice of browser
In July of this year, European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia made it clear to Microsoft that the commission he headed was already considering complaints against a company that “due to a technical error” in Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 did not give users the right to choose a browser which they would like to use.
The monopoly position of Internet Explorer in the browser market led to the fact that in 2009 the European Commission of the European Union (EU) demanded that Microsoft give users the right to choose a browser in Windows under the threat of banning sales of the operating system in Europe - the problem was stated as follows: “Linking Microsoft Internet Explorer’s browser to Windows damages browser competition, undermines product innovation, and ultimately reduces consumer choice. ” At the end of 2009, the EU suspended an antitrust lawsuit against the Redmond company, as Microsoft pledged to provide end-users with a “window of choice”, which should contain a list of 12 alternative browsers arranged in a random order.
The summer problem was solved for Microsoft relatively simply - despite the fact that the original agreement with the European Union provided for “the right to choose a browser” only until the end of 2012, but the company was going to improve and extend this practice by 2016, it is most likely vigilant European officials found Microsoft’s promise credible and agreed to wait.
As a result, today, the European Commissioners acknowledged that Microsoft did not cope with the "mistake" and European users have no alternative to Internet Explorer. Since 2012 is expiring, the company may face appropriate sanctions, which will be a fine of up to 10% of the company's annual turnover. In 2009, Microsoft was already fined $ 1.68 billion for refusing to provide technical data to competing browser vendors and dominating the market.
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The monopoly position of Internet Explorer in the browser market led to the fact that in 2009 the European Commission of the European Union (EU) demanded that Microsoft give users the right to choose a browser in Windows under the threat of banning sales of the operating system in Europe - the problem was stated as follows: “Linking Microsoft Internet Explorer’s browser to Windows damages browser competition, undermines product innovation, and ultimately reduces consumer choice. ” At the end of 2009, the EU suspended an antitrust lawsuit against the Redmond company, as Microsoft pledged to provide end-users with a “window of choice”, which should contain a list of 12 alternative browsers arranged in a random order.
The summer problem was solved for Microsoft relatively simply - despite the fact that the original agreement with the European Union provided for “the right to choose a browser” only until the end of 2012, but the company was going to improve and extend this practice by 2016, it is most likely vigilant European officials found Microsoft’s promise credible and agreed to wait.
As a result, today, the European Commissioners acknowledged that Microsoft did not cope with the "mistake" and European users have no alternative to Internet Explorer. Since 2012 is expiring, the company may face appropriate sanctions, which will be a fine of up to 10% of the company's annual turnover. In 2009, Microsoft was already fined $ 1.68 billion for refusing to provide technical data to competing browser vendors and dominating the market.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/156003/
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