EU Rejects Microsoft Settlement Proposal

[Wilbert]

Karl Cocknozzle writes "European Union antitrust officials have dismissed as insufficient Microsoft's offer to settle their most recent antitrust problem in Europe. Spokespeople for the European Commission and Microsoft declined to comment on a report in today's Financial Times that Microsoft had offered to include rival media player software from Apple and Real Networks on a CD-ROM packaged with personal computers to help resolve the case. Previously, the EU had demanded that Microsoft either unbundle Windows Media Player, or also bundle rival media players with Windows. It appears that Microsoft might get more than a slap on the wrist this time around."
More info:

http://slashdot.org/articles/04/02/17/1610225.shtml?tid=109&tid=187

[communist]

Hmm adding Real / Quicktime by default to windows is even worse than WMP only iMO. I hate these three media players. Apart from playing 'their format' all they do is phone home and load loads of ads.

However its good to see that the EU is having a closer look at M$ and ;)