Microsoft fined $613million by EU Court

[Paul_Gadd]

I personally hope they win the appeal. they are just a easy target to jealous companies who could only wish to make as much cash as m$ do.

As for RealNetworks Inc, i doubt any serious computer user would touch their glorified trojan "RealONE" with a bargepole - instead of those b1tches moaning about m$ maybe they would like to remove all that spying crap out of they massively bloated player. if you really need to watch a .rm .ram clip/audio download "Real Alternative".

[Paul_Gadd]

I see nothing wrong with giving the user a OS what comes with stuff they want as standard. every OS imo should contain a web browser, email client, media player etc. if these companies do not like it then tough. it is up to them to make a better product to catch the users eye instead of attacking a company out of pure jealousy and greed.

If the user has to mess around downloading software you would expect to come with the OS they are gonna be pissed off (i would be). a happy user is a paying user :-)

[Paul_Gadd]

Dude.... you truly scare me...

:-)

Your missing what i am saying. i know Windows comes with a load of junk nobody uses, i hate that too but i am on about three Microsoft products - "Internet Explorer" "Outlook Express" "Windows Media Player" which at the end of the day Microsoft owns the products and should include what the hell they want in their OS    without third parties (jealous rivals) attacking/suing at every angle.

If Microsoft loose their appeal then anyone could be the next target.

People are being too quick to jump on the "It's Microsoft... let's get them!" bandwagon

Thats normal these days - pure jealousy and greed.