Politicians are prone to hypocrisy, but now they are leading to new heights-a Committee of the Senate may appear in the Microsoft browser blocking access to certain features of Windows RT, but do not investigate Apple for browser restrictions even more.
According to The Hill, the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to take a look at allegations that Microsoft has made it difficult for the competitors Web browsers run on a particular version of Windows. "
Staff members going to do that because of complaints from Mozilla Firefox and other browsers is not allowed to access some features of certain Windows 8 tablets, those that run on ARM chips. Firefox and other browsers will be allowed full access to 8 PC Windows and any Windows 8 tablets running Intel chips.
Windows 8 on arm (called Windows RT), the browser will be able to run in the Metro, but not the desktop. Because they cannot run on your desktop, the subway version cannot access certain APIs and other features, so I will be paralyzed when compared to Internet Explorer, it will have full access to the desktop and API.
That is certainly restrictive. But how about Apple? On iOS Apple bans Firefox and other browsers true-which is not allowed in the app store and therefore can not be installed. That is certainly worse than what Microsoft is doing.
Not only that, but Microsoft is only limiting access browser on tablets, a market where it has no presence in the market. Apple dominates the market for Tablet, with 68% of the market, according to IDC. Given that Apple has a market share of much larger and much more restrictive practices, why isn't Apple under investigation instead of Microsoft?
The Senate Committee is not alone in his hypocrisy-Mozilla, after all, started the controversy with locating Microsoft giving Apple a free pass.
The truth is that there is nothing worthy of investigation here. Due to the war, economic stagnation, and other assorted ills, you would think that Congress would have more important things to do than look into this. But investigating Microsoft is an easy way to obtain titles and give the impression of acting-and perhaps accumulating votes when November rolls around.
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