Comments on: Details trickle out about EC Vista probe

Microsoft exec says regulators noted four aspects of Windows update as raising potential anticompetition concerns.

[p_custodio]

Europeans want money from MS

I don´t get it... Apple does the exact same thing, even worse, they even build their own hardware. When are these people gonna force Jobs & Co let others make apple computers and stop them from installing any software with it? When Apple has enough money? Greed...

I mean it´s just stupid... I feel for the Redmond chaps. This anti-MS behaviour is a old worn out trend, they are trying hard and no one seems to give a damn. Well I guess the user ultimately has it coming.

No wonder Europe is a crap place to develop software. Been there, done that, and no...no t-shirt.

[trioxin]

Apple isn't exactly the same

I recently bought one of the new iMacs and it came bundled with trials for both iWork AND MS Office. Microsoft punishes OEMS for including software from competitors on their computers. This is a very clear example of where Microsoft leverages it's power in an unfair and exclusionary manor and Apple does not.

It is also important to note that Microsoft has built their empire off business practices that both the US and the EU have deemed illegal. Aside from disolving the company and making them start from scratch, imposing strict regulations on just how proprietary they can get is the only fair solution.

[wbenton]

Headline Inaccurate...

It should be the Microsoft Vista Probe... not the EC Vista Probe.

And to get good results, you should interview the EC... NOT Microsoft!!!

That said... what is this story about?

Only about what Microsoft is willing to divulge... even though the EC might have much more on their agenda!!!

But hey... believing the underdog Microsoft is the way to keep CNet in business now isn't it!!!

Playing favorites can work both ways... depending on which way you play them!!!

FWIW