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EC Says OK to MS IE Deal: How Much of a Win?

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Glyn Mody
Dec 17, 2009

[ Thanks to E5Rebel for this link.
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“More than 100 million European computer users stand to
benefit from the Commission’s decision today. An even higher number
will benefit over the five year lifetime of the commitments made
binding on Microsoft with today’s decision.

“More than 100 million European computer users stand to
benefit”? I think that’s a little optimistic: many will blithely
carry on using Internet Explorer regardless of the ballot screen.
And yes, the latter is better in its random incarnation, which
avoids bias among the Big 5, but beyond that you’d need to change
human nature for it to make much difference.”


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Glyn Mody

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