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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:But...but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

    Microsoft wants Windows to ship with Media Player for basically the same reason that almost every version of unix ships with a vi work-alike; it is a convenient utility that adds value to the product.

    And who cares why they want to include some software. What's in Windows is pretty much their decision. If you want to force them not
    to include something, you'd better have a damn good reason.

    And in the age of free software, anti-competition rules no longer hold up. Would you like linux to be sued for "bundling" in bash, thus destroying the market for sh?