Is Google OS doomed due to EU Ruling over IE8??

[ditchster]

I recently went to a Windows 7 system builder seminar hosted by Microsoft which on the whole was quite informative. This is where we were told of the recent ruling by the European Union that Microsoft is not allowed to ship IE8 (or any other web browser) with any of its Windows 7 OS releases. Microsoft executives at the seminar stressed that their lawyers had tried, in vain, to overturn the ruling. This is why in the EU, come October, you will see all retail and OEM copies of Windows 7 having an E suffix after the title along with a clear label stating that the discs Do Not contain Internet Explorer.

In any other circumstance I would not have given the above much thought - after all we do have many ridiculous rules and regulations in the EU, so I wasn’t surprised. As far as Microsoft is concerned, system builders simply mount the IE8 image along with the Win 7 image for pre-installed computers being sold or for software retailers they will be giving out freebie Internet Explorer discs when someone buys a retail copy of Win 7. So basically Microsoft isn’t concerned one bit really.

However, if you intend to develop an OS which has a completely Integrated web browser, the above news would be a severe blow indeed.

The reason why I am a bit suspicious of this strange EU ruling regarding web browsers and operating systems is due to the following observations:
At the previously mentioned Microsoft seminar, when the news was stated about the IE8 exclusion, the Microsoft presenter looked very anxious indeed whilst receiving a few questions from a baffled audience and constantly looked to the senior exec for support. But why, after all it isn’t Microsoft’s fault and if anything it is just an inconvenience to them, surely – so why the concern:-

After allot of digging about i have found that for the past several years (well before 2004), Microsoft was repeatedly investigated by the EU for systematically abusing its market position, to the extent that in just one of the cases, Microsoft was fined 899 million Euros (that’s well over a Billion US Dollars) see http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/318&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en .
To obtain a clearer picture with regards to the current issues surrounding windows 7 and IE8 you need to refer to http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleases...guiLanguage=en .

After reading you will find that it is all down to freedom of choice. What the EU commission was after ,was for Microsoft to sell Windows 7 with several web browser options to allow people to choose - instead they will be selling their new OS without one. But this does mean that IF Google does not allow for alternative web browsers in its own forthcoming Chrome OS you can expect Microsoft to certainly push for the same Antitrust restrictions.

Other ongoing issues concern the integration of Non essential OS apps like media centre, media player, IE etc. For the folk who understand fully just how far Microsoft have gone with apps integration within Windows 7 (makes windows xp seem bare) well then isn't Microsoft just asking for a severe kicking from the EU for continual breaching of "Antitrust law".
It was also confirmed to me from Microsoft that, if it was not for the netbook (mininotebook) sales during the past year (2.1 million in the UK alone), that Microsoft would have had negative growth rather than posting a zero growth. It is this market that the Chrome OS is targeting.

So as mentioned before - although this ruling by the EU is a damn inconvenience to Microsoft - behind the scenes, i bet the Microsoft Board of Directors are wetting themselves laughing at the major inconvenience it is going to cause the likes of Google. As long as there is a major delay with deployment from Google for the Chrome OS which, in turn gives Microsoft that critical Win 7 Service Pack 1 release opportunity un-challenged, then rather than the EU penalising Microsoft, they have only gifted them a golden egg!!!

For UK readers - If you are like me, and after reading the above you are left with a sense of confusion and mistrust with the whole affair then please add your name to the Downing Street Petition calling for a public enquiry – see the following link (and please pass it on) http://petitions. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Ditchster/

[ditchster]

Its strange that there are no replys to this thread - a seperate thread, bearing the same name, was set up by me on Tech Guy org web site and has generated quite a response - and yet this is meant to be a Google Forum?

[Atomic1fire]

Chrome is Opensource,
No one is stopping anyone from figuring out how to install other browsers on to it,
unless Google takes precautions against code installs, though its doubtful, since COS will be open source
secondly, market share could also be an argument, as cellphones typically have one browser by default, you could argue that all cellphones should have more then one browser, instead of bundling.

[DarthSaver]

After readinf this post, i am wondering if the Chrome has any defalt set which could be good for the SEO for Google??
Is anyone could share some idea about it??

[iconian]

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. The OS will be designed to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web.

And as they did for the Google Chrome browser, Google is going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.

[unreal]

Persoanlly I am not into the Chrome very much, and I really can't see any difference, but since Google is the one behind it! So I guess it can't be defeated so easily!

[stephen186]

Chrome is open-source, as is the whole operating system. Windows is proprietory, which is why there are so many restrictions on it. Google are just giving it away, and that means they can bundle or rely on whatever they like- plus there's no restriction on it being Chrome internet, as far as we know, even though it's based around it.

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