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another example of Microsoft's continuing choice limiting impact, apropos antitrust settlement - blackberry and yahoo limiting non IE users from using site to dl sw
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 06:24:41 +0900
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Foldes [mailto:pfoldes () interhelp com] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:46 PM To: David Farber Subject: another example of Microsoft's continuing choice limiting impact, apropos antitrust settlement - blackberry and yahoo limiting non IE users from using site to dl sw Dave, for IP if you like Another example of Microsoft's continuing market power to limit consumer choices; despite the anti trust settlement. Given that Firefox and other browsers are estimated to have more than 20%^ of the browser market, this collaboration by Blackberry and Yahoo to limit easy downloading of software using browsers other than Internet Explorer is shameful, and widespread. Perhaps the US Federal District Judge oversighting the request by Google to extend monitoring phase of the Microsoft Antitrust decree may be interested in seeing the continued consumer choice limiting impact of Microsoft in the marketplace. See below Blackberry.com site which I just went to with the Firefox Browser to download some software. See notice below saying, in effect: 'Must Use Microsoft's Internet Explorer ONLY to use this page' This is just one of many sites limiting concumer's choice as to which browser they use to easily use the site -- including Microsoft's update software site: http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/thanks.aspx?ln=en&&thankspa ge=5 example of blackberry's site effectively helping to maintain microsoft's monopoly gained market power shown below: ------------------------------------------------- http://www.blackberry.com/YahooDownload/index.do Home > Yahoo! Messenger Yahoo! Messenger Notice Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above is required to download this Instant Messenger. This web page uses ActiveX controls that work only in Microsoft Internet Explorer. To ensure that the Yahoo! Messenger is correctly downloaded to your BlackBerry this site is designed not to work with any other Internet browsers. -- Paul Foldes Former FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Staff Member ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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