Microsoft fans call for Opera boycott
Wednesday, 17. June 2009, 01:43:55
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Don't pick on little ol' Redmond
Windows enthusiast site JCXP.net is asking fellow fans to delete the Opera web browser from PCs and devices in an act of solidarity against European antitrust action.
"Today we are proposing a complete boycott of all Opera software," David Taraso, editor of the JCXP group, wrote in a blog post late on Friday. Taraso blames Opera Software for goading European regulators into a regulatory showdown with Microsoft.
The European Commission filed antitrust charges in January alleging Microsoft unfairly stifles competition by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. The investigation was spurred by a 2007 complaint from Opera Software, maker of a rival web browser and long-time outspoken critic of Microsoft's dominance. Although the lawsuit was later joined by Google and Mozilla, Taraso blames Opera as the instigator.
The plot thickened in the EU case on Thursday, when Microsoft said it would ship the upcoming Windows 7 operating system in Europe without Internet Explorer, in an apparent attempt to preempt antitrust measures. The EU hastily rejected Microsoft's response as inadequate, with Opera jeering at the sidelines.
"This is absolutely nothing more than a company who can't legitimately gain market share trying to squeeze their unpopular browser onto Windows systems," Taraso wrote. "Opera is simply upset because their browser is dead last in market share, and has already been surpassed by the recent released Google Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser for Windows."
I, for one, will not be boycotting Opera!
As many of you know, Opera Software is working to take the web back to the old days. I might try that feature out when Opera 10 comes out. Back to the EU/Microsoft case; Lanc Ulanoff wishes that the EU will just leave Microsoft alone already.Anti Spam
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SqueakeyCat # 17. June 2009, 07:16
Dacotah # 17. June 2009, 07:58
Opera is the best browser around.
cakkleberrylane # 17. June 2009, 11:26
barefoot_muse # 18. June 2009, 03:14
FXM256 # 18. June 2009, 04:09
Hi Carol, thanks. Opera and Firefox are the browsers that I use the most. I also use Safari sometimes, then IE as a last resort.
Hi Lois, I too have trouble with some sites in Opera too. I wish that they would just use web standards on their sites instead of stupid IE.
Hi Muse, long time no see you! Here's another reason the Microsoft sucks: they forced a patch onto Firefox without an easy way to remove it. They eventually released a patch for that too (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/06/microsoft_patch_to_fix_firefox.html).
Dacotah # 18. June 2009, 04:10
rose-marie # 20. June 2009, 16:27
CaptainPenguin # 1. July 2009, 18:23
I have always founf IE lagging way behind the competition and I prefer supporting the smaller guy rather than the monolith that is Microsoft
FXM256 # 4. July 2009, 02:25
Hi Rose, That same guy did 2 additional "Boycott Opera" posts on that blog. The 1st one is called, Clearing up a few things, then the 2nd is, Spreading the Word.
Hi Nigel, I haven't tried Chrome yet though I have heard that it is a pretty good browswer. The alternative browswers are way better than IE anyday of the week.
Dacotah # 4. July 2009, 02:38