Microsoft Agrees to Stop Hijacking Music-Shopping

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."

Comments

Poor code quality as an excuse

[salimma]

... I was about to suggest MS would use 'we did not do this intentionally, our code is just of poor quality', but I guess their 'Trusted Computing' initiative kinds of shoots the argument down :)

MS isn't admitting

[Anonymous Coward]

MS isn't admitting that it's a violation of the consent decree (...)

Microsoft not admitting their wrongdoing? Now here's a fucking surprise !

Besides IE?

[Anonymous Coward]

There exists a browser other than IE? Since when?

Another turn of events

[Sklein382]

In another suprising turn of events, terrorists have also agreed to stop hijacking airplanes.

Re:Outlook does this too

[JCMay]

Wow, you're using Mozilla 2.5? They just released Mozilla 1.6 yesterday! Glad I didn't waste my time downloading that ancient thing!

IRC, torrents...

[Nadsat]

Who wants to shop for music anyway?

Re:is this anything new?

[Orion442]

For the 2 months I used XP, I got around that "problem" simply by deleting MSN Messenger's .exe file...it can't start what isn't there...

Re: "Microsoft agrees to stop hijacking music"

[Anonymous Coward]

Dump their DMA riddles..

i8237: Before I'll transfer data for thee, answer me these riddles three.

i8237: What is the bus cycle time of an i8080 in minimum mode?

User: What? I don't know that! Just transfer my damn data!

Re:What about Windows Update

[NineNine]

I wonder if there's any way microsoft could be convinced to program Windows update in a way that it could be accessed by other (standards compliant) browsers.


I'm sure they would, as soon as other browsers supported Active X.

Re:Lovely spin

[the Man in Black]

"alright you whining pricks, here's your goddamned update, yeah we screwed up and the government got us for it. fuck 'em. fuck you too. take the update. IT'S FREE DAMMIT"

That quote is much funnier when you picture Ballmer saying it, pit stains and all, while making obscene gestures.

Re:I'm seeing...

[operagost]

Kind of like the bug reporting. If you report a bug, it will pop up a browser window so you can type data into their bug-tracking system (oca.microsoft.com). It does this in your default browser. Problem is, once you get there the site says it only supports IE, and you're SOL.