I have long been a fan of the little web browser that could… Opera. Of course being an SEO, I can’t seem to get by without Firefox and its veritable cornucopia of plug-ins. Yet, on my BlackBerry… Opera Mini 4 absolutely rocks!
Today Håkon Wium Lie, Opera’s CTO announced they have formally filed an antitrust complaint with the EU requesting the European Competition Commission to instigate two remedies on the software giant. Firstly, it wants Microsoft to un-bundle Internet Explorer from Windows or to include another, alternative browser. Secondly, it asks the Commission to ensure Microsoft to follow open Web (W3C) standards.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out… Microsoft has backed down from the EU before. Microsoft in October accepted defeat over an earlier Commission action, which found it guilty of abusing its monopoly position concerning tying of its media player with its operating system and interoperability of work group servers. The software giant chose not to appeal the decision.
Letter to the Web Community from Opera CTO
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