Yesterday's arguably biggest story was that the EU would be pursuing its antitrust browser case against Microsoft despite the software giant's decision on Thursday to unbundle Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7 in Europe. In our coverage, we noted that this all started in December 2007 when Norwegian browser maker Opera pushed the EU to open an antitrust case in the first place. One community saw our note and overstressed it just a tad. JCXP posted a lengthy story titled "That's enough. Down with Opera!" that asks its readers, and anyone else who does not agree with the EU's decision, to boycott all Opera software:

That's enough. And it's time we do something about it.

Today, we are proposing a complete boycott of all Opera software.

The trouble with this bold statement is the logic behind it is a little flawed. Yes, Opera "started it." However, regardless of your opinion on the whole antitrust case, the fact is that the EU found it reasonable enough to investigate. Furthermore, it's equally important to note that both Mozilla and Google voiced their support of Opera's effort to have the EU investigate Microsoft for bundling Internet Explorer in Windows. I mean, if you're going to be boycotting Opera because it pushed the EU to start the investigation, you're going to have to boycott Firefox and Chrome because their parent companies support it. That leaves you with the only other major browser on Windows: Internet Explorer. It may be the most popular browser in terms of market share, but in the tech world it's easily the most unpopular one.

I'm truly indifferent to what browser you choose to use or what browser you want to boycott, but I figured people might want all the facts out on the table before they start jumping to conclusions. Happy browsing!