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Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping

Posted by michael on from the mozilla-all-the-way dept.

ScottSpeaks! writes "CNN , ABC, and others are reporting that Microsoft has agreed to fix Windows XP so that it no longer launches IE (instead of the user's chosen default browser) when the user selects the "Shop for Music Online" option in Windows XP. MS isn't admitting that it's a violation of the consent decree they signed to get the DoJ to drop the anti-trust suit against them, but threats to take them to court over it are what prompted the move."

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  1. Re:What's good for the goose... by NineNine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, if the Department of Justice, which is currently run by a neo-nazi, homophobic, racist bastard is your idea of moralistic determination, then you're just as fucked up as Ashcroft is. You should seek help, immediately.

  2. Here's why...the alternative opinion by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How about because it's Microsoft's damn business what browser they decide to launch when a user clicks a music shopping link? Windows is their product. Users are free to use other browsers or operating systems if they'd like and NOT click their link. Nobody is holding anyone at gunpoint to click their link.

    This is bogus. Konquerer is somehow okay to be used everywhere in KDE, but if Microsoft launches IE on a music-shopping link, they're "HIJACKING MUSIC-SHOPPING!"

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    "Sufferin' succotash."