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Dan Gillmor on WinXP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stop-me-before-i-monopolize-again dept.

A reader writes:There's a new column from Dan Gillmor on SiliconValley.com about Windows XP. The column calls for an injunction stopping the shipping of WinXP. Dan's got a well thought out list of reasons why and how it would work."

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  1. Tried and denied by decesare · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to the Register in this article from yesterday, the DOJ tried to get the case expedited for the purpose of getting said injunction, but was denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

  2. FUDmeister by szcx · · Score: 3, Informative
    Microsoft removed the Java environment from XP, thereby breaking thousands of Web sites that use Java. XP customers will face endless downloads to replace the functionality they'd come to expect.
    Way to go, FUDslinger.

    It's not installed by default, but it is featured prominently on the Windows Update page. Here's the description Microsoft has for it;

    Microsoft Virtual Machine
    Download size: 5.2 MB
    You have probably heard a lot about Java and all the cool things it can do on the Web. The Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM) is what you need to be able to see and interact with all those cool Java applets. It's a special place for the applets to run where they won't interfere with the rest of your system.