Jason Burns’ Blog

I guess money talks… BING!

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Yet another article today. The EU is saying that it’s going to take another approach. Instead of fines, or forcing Microsoft to ship without Internet Explorer, they are going to try to force Microsoft to include other browsers in Windows. This means that most likely Firefox and Opera would ship inside Windows.
The EU is Picking [...]

The title of the article that proves my point? “Is Google’s Chrome the New Internet Explorer?” The gist of the article? Microsoft thinks that bundling Chrome in Windows will give Google a search monopoly because of it’s speed and security.
The Battle for the Box
Let’s make one thing absolutely clear. Microsoft’s concern with the EU [...]

If you have seen Apple’s recent crop of ads to counter Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads, you will find two themes: Apple Genius’ are amazing at technical support, and Windows computers just don’t operate without crashing and constantly catch viruses. Of course these are just marketing gimmicks, just like the Laptop Hunter ads were also, but [...]

Twitter is alight these days with discussions about the European Union and the fines they seem to dole out so nonchalantly. I regularly talk about how much I am frustrated with them because they effect my job so heavily. But like any good blogger, I decided to do a little reading and post some [...]