Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Jan 2007 17:05 UTC
Groklaw has an article arguing that Microsoft has not yet complied with the DOJ order that users must be able to remove Internet Explorer from Windows. "So he explained the blue and white screens of death, what a dual boot startup is, commingling code, and then tying or bundling, specifically tying Internet Explorer with the operating system. He explained how you can't use Add/Remove to get IE or Media Player off your hard drive, but that you can use SPAD, 'set program access and defaults', to choose Firefox or another browser as your default browser instead of IE. However, IE remains on your hard drive."
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RE[2]: Stop bundling windows
by stestagg on Thu 11th Jan 2007 19:41
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Have you actually tried to buy a computer with another OS pre-installed?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/06/dell_open_pc/
RE[3]: Stop bundling windows
by eMagius on Fri 12th Jan 2007 21:21
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Member since:2005-07-06
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2005-07-06
Why is it that no one sells PCs without windows, anyway?
Uh, plenty of companies sell PCs without Windows, including the largest of them all, Dell. You just don't save money by buying a PC without Windows (which makes sense--OEM licenses from Microsoft cost less than what Dell receives in kickbacks from installing all the malware on its PCs).