Firefox exec: we don’t want to be bundled with Windows

Last week I posted EU: bundle rival browsers with Windows and argued against the idea. Now, Firefox architect Mike Connor has said he doesnt want his browser to be bundled w/ Windows:

“My personal view is that it’s not the right outcome,” he said. “The choice [when installing Windows] would be weird. There’s no good UI [user interface] for that.”

He went ahead and blasted Opera for bringing on the original lawsuit which resulted in EU decision.

Connor also attacked Opera’s claims that bundling harms competition. “Opera’s asserting something that’s provably false,” Connor said, referring to Firefox’s ever improving market share, which now stands at just over 20% worldwide. “It’s asserting that bundling leads to market share. I don’t know how you can make the claim with a

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