Comment Re:EU is right in taking action (Score 0) 827
Indeed, they were convicted:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft
Comment EU is right in taking action (Score -1, Troll) 827
Microsoft is a serial offender that needs to be punished. They were convicted in the US, but escaped punishment when W. was elected.
Removing IE may be one option -- adding other browsers may be easier and better.
Or, one could configure Windows Update so that users are asked which browser they want to download and use.
There are many ways to download software.
Submission + - Will W3C accept DRM for webfonts?
dotne writes: Microsoft has submitted Embedded OpenType (EOT) to W3C and a slimy campaign for EOT has been launched. EOT is a DRM layer on top of normal TrueType/Opentype files; EOT ties a font file to a certain web page or site and prevents reuse by other pages/sites. Microsoft's IE has supported EOT for years, but it has largely been ignored due to the clumsiness of having to regenerate font files when a page changes. Now that other browsers are moving to support normal TrueType and OpenType on the web (Safari, Opera, Mozilla, Prince), W3C is faced with a question: should they bless Microsoft's EOT for use on the web? Or, should they encourage normal font files on the web and help break Microsoft's forgotten monopoly?
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