Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th Nov 2005 20:04 UTC
A major UK retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released. Microsoft started offering Windows XP N, a version of Windows without a bundled media player, in June of this year to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
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RE[2]: Its a punitive measure , not a requested product
by Moulinneuf on Sat 19th Nov 2005 16:05
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Windows Media player dont come default with Apple OS X , I dont think that you respect law at all or have an objective opinion on this subject.
Microsoft broke the law and whas convicted and received a punishment that they are suppose to follow this whas part of there punishment , they did not ask for a new product or to sale it , its suppose to replace all there existing products and ship this way as default.
Apple as far as I know is the only company not breaking the European tie-in law , Its there software on there hardware.
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Its just another example of why people feel delusionned in believeing the law is equal to all.
I will believe that the law is equal to all when I can buy Apple OS X N without media player.