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The EU slaps Microsoft with a record penalty, but will a Vista price cut help pay the fine? Also: Pakistan hijacks YouTube, and game publishers square off for market domination.

[Fil0403]

Week in review: Microsoft bashing

Microsoft is fined as a result of a court decision from last year and a Brother printer from a Microsoft employee didn't have drivers until Windows Vista was released (and let's face it: it's very useful to the general public to have drivers for an operating system that wasn't released yet): could only be news with Microsoft.

[Leria]

You got it exactly right

This is all just Microsoft bashing for the most part. Personally, I would like to know why everyone is bashing on Microsoft for the driver situation.... that isn't their responsibility.

The drivers are the responsibility of the device maker, and if they are not making drivers for Vista, you should take it up with them, not with Microsoft.

[Leria]

Some digs on the article

"Consumers deserve a fair go and Microsoft hasn't given consumers a fair go because an eco-system with competition gives us the best at the best price,"

Can I laugh at this.... the only thing that competition in the computer hardware industry has gotten us is crappy stuff, not the 'best at the best price'.

Look at all the dross that comes out every year that is stupid: USB cup holders and warmers, USB fans, USB this, USB that...... we are not getting the 'best at the best price', we are getting the crappy at a crappy price.

Microsoft's OS was overpriced, and I would LOVE to have Microsoft redo their licensing scheme so that a retail copy can be used on up to three or 4 computers..... same as OSX's licensing scheme.

Then, 129 dollars would be worth it for a retail version of Vista.