Opera sues Microsoft (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140528-c,microsoftantitrustcase/article.html)
As a web developer, creating web pages that work in IE is a nightmare. Hopefully the world's worst browser gets its comeuppance.
From the link you gave:
The Commission ordered Microsoft to sell a second version of Windows that has Media Player stripped out. Microsoft christened the second version Edition N, and put it on the market in 2005, at the same price as the fully bundled Windows. Not surprisingly, no one bought it.
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From ComputerWorld (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9052982&pageNumber=2)
Quote"Microsoft either fails to implement industry-standard accepted open practices or implements them in a manner that is not faithful to the standard by adding undisclosed proprietary extensions," ECIS' Thomas Vinje, the group's legal counsel, charged in a separate statement.
Web developers have been making the same case individually. In reaction to posts placed on the official IE blog, developers have blasted Microsoft for not properly supporting standards (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9050979) in the current IE 7, and not spelling out what standards will be supported in the upcoming IE 8.