poppyrich - 4:07 am on Dec 14, 2007 (gmt 0)

The article about this in the tech section of the NYTimes today mentioned a similar suit brought over the inclusion of Windows Media player.
Guess what? Microsoft lost the case.
But keep on guessing because the judge's remedy was making Microsoft sell a version of Windows without Media Player included. MS complied and marketed a version called Windows Edition N without Media Player which, of course, nobody bought.

Legally, it was a fair decision. It simply made them stop using Windows to give unfair advantage to Media Player as the suit claimed they were doing. There's certainly nothing in the law that says they have to use Windows to promote other people's products. (And which products would be entitled to this peferential treatment, anyway? Do we get to vote from a list, or what?)

And did all this legal wrangling help anybody except the lawyers? Of course not.

Anyway, Opera's main problem is the product name.
What limp genius thought that one up?
What was the target market - fat ladies who sing?