Windows 7 will not include Internet Explorer in EU markets.

[NJ5]

Kasz216 said:

NJ5 said:

Let me put it this way. Remember when Nintendo had a monopoly of the handheld gaming market?

What would happen if Nintendo had bundled a "free" Nintendo 64 with each gameboy that they sold... That would practically give them domination of the console market by extension. It would be anti-competitive behavior too, and I'm sure that Sony and Sega would have made a lot of noise back then.

The situation with the browsers is analogous... the only difference is a browser is cheaper to make and distribute than a console, so it's easier for MS to pull off this trick.

 

I don't think that would be anti-competitive....

It would just be giving something away... for free.

If nintendo gave away free N64's bundled with the gameboy I don't believe anyone would of said anything outside of some snide PR.

I think it's anti-competitive to purposefully lose money in order to drive competitors away. Otherwise you're just asking for big companies to easily own a lot of markets (then becoming even bigger and more capable of crushing others).