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MS May Be Forced To Sell Stripped-Down OS In EU

Posted by timothy on from the hey-those-are-still-tlas dept.

An anonymous reader submits "According to this article at Infoworld, Microsoft may be forced to sell a stripped-down version of Windows in the EU as a result of antitrust rulings, unless a settlement is reached during the next month to six weeks." (See this post from last week for more background on the EU's antitrust proceedings.)

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  1. Re:Nobody in the EU... by Atrax · · Score: 0, Redundant

    from the article :

    European Commissioner for competition Mario Monti may demand that Microsoft Corp. sell two versions of its ubiquitous operating system, Windows, in Europe: one with Media Player inside as it does at present, and another with the music and video playing software stripped out and sold separately

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    Screw you all! I'm off to the pub
  2. Re:On the same note.... by burnsy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Without a browser installed on my shiny new PC, how would I browse to download the browser of my choice?