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[4]: Stop bundling windows
by stestagg on Fri 12th Jan 2007 22:19
in reply to "RE[3]: Stop bundling windows"
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I've just been investigating on the dell site and came across this:
http://offsetdesign.co.uk/static/prod.gif
pretty funny.
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I already noted that you'll get a worse deal if you don't want Windows (see the "craplets" story for more on the rationale). It's still pretty easy to purchase Windows-free machines.