Monopoly And The Microsoft Trial
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Download:
This week, Pop17 highlights today’s 11th anniversary of United States v. Microsoft, when MS was accused of alleged monopolistic business practices. We felt it was important to remind everyone of this landmark event as the decision paved the way for many of the applications and interfaces most of us take for granted! Imagine YOUR online experience without third party programming and apps!
Eleven years may seem and feel like ancient times in the ever-changing world of online and social media, but given the current tech and legal events developing in Europe, it appears that the case and its precedents are as resonant and relevant as ever. Over the past week and right after this episode was written and shot, reports came out that the EU is fining Intel over 1.4 billion dollars for similar alleged practices! But they aren’t stopping there, as it looks like the EU has Google in its sights as well! While we wouldn’t necessarily call this a warm celebration of the anniversary, it certainly looks as though the EU is paying homage and showing respect in its own way! Could the EU v. Intel case be the US v. Microsoft for the next web generation??
iTunes
Miro
RSS
I thought this was going to be about Intel(not sure if they are a sponsor of yours) getting fined 1.4 billion dollars, because of their monopoly. Most people already know about this history, so it would’ve been better if it was more current.
The worst of all… Windows comes with IE!
Windows needs a good way to handle applications. Ubuntu has an easy to use “add/remove programs” option in the menu, and you can choose what you like (I miss that!).
@Zim Apple OSX comes with Safari, what’s the difference?
@Zach: no difference in terms of option, but a couple of things to consider:
a) Safari is a web-friendly browser (IE isn’t)
b) I never used OS X, but AFAIK the browser is not integrated into the operating system as deep as IE is in Windows.
Notice that operating systems such as Ubuntu are shipped with a default browser too (Firefox, in this case) but it’s very easy to choose another one.
Maybe Bill Gates needs to figure out how to make Internet Explorer work properly..and I got who Bill Gates was.hehe…good job as usual Sarah..
Have a great day!!
Although not new information in my opinion, I still thought it was a great video.
Thanks again.