Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Jul 2006 17:49 UTC, submitted by gary elienor
Microsoft pledged to 'play fair' on all its future operating systems, including Windows Vista, will abide by self-imposed rules aimed at bolstering choice and competition. The announcement comes just a week after the European regulators slapped the company with a USD 357.3 million fine for noncompliance with a 2004 antitrust ruling.
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RE: Now PC vendors will abuse customers instead
by Kroc on Thu 20th Jul 2006 18:36
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Member since:2005-11-10
Imagine having Netscape 8 and Real Player installed instead of IE/WMP, what fun that would be!
I don't mind MS bundling IE and WMP as a web browser and media player are basic requirements of a modern operating system. What I don't like is that I can't uninstall either of them and that MS constantly try to force me into using these products (MSN only opens links in IE, WMA/WMV formats).
RE[2]: Now PC vendors will abuse customers instead
by cyclops on Thu 20th Jul 2006 20:23
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Member since:2006-03-12
Imagine having Netscape 8 and Real Player installed instead of IE/WMP, what fun that would be!
In reality its about firefox or iTunes. IE and WMP pretty much killed off the oppersition, and we have been lest with it for *Years* That is the point. We wouldn't be using such backward computer programs now.
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2005-11-15
The headline should be more like "Microsoft allows PC vendors to replace IE/WMP with adware/spyware". I don't want anyone to preinstall loads of applications on my computer; I don't really care whether it's Microsoft or the hardware vendor.
This policy is good for Google, Yahoo, Adobe, Opera, adware vendors, etc. but I don't see many benefits for customers.