Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS

Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by jodrellblank on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @07:48PM (#694919)

Microsoft is shipping Windows 7 without a web browser in the EU, after several years of legal fuss largely because they bundled a browser with their OS.

I wonder if Google will consider shipping Chrome OS without a web browser in the EU?

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Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by weavejester on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @09:01PM (#694990)

Microsoft ran afoul of anti-monopoly legislation. Google (a) do not have a monopoly of the desktop OS market and (b) Chrome OS will be open source, so people would be able to legally distribute Chrome OS without a browser (or more likely, a different rendering engine).

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Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by jussij on Thursday July 09, 2009 @10:41AM (#695951)

They will only get into trouble if they manage to pick up any sort of significant market share.

If the Google browser is a flop no one will care less.

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Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by sahaj on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @09:06PM (#694994)

i don't think anyone will force them to if they say that their OS is a browser.

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Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by Andys on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @08:21PM (#694953)

I seriously doubt Google will be charging any money for Chrome.

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Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by brentb on Thursday July 09, 2009 @12:08AM (#695202)

So? Microsoft has never charged for any version of IE.

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Re:Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS by Andys on Thursday July 09, 2009 @12:23AM (#695221)

I meant Chrome OS.

If MS Windows is given away for free on new laptops, by filling the OS with banner ads and then bribing manufacturers to bundle it, would the EU still require IE to be removed?

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