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Windows Could Lose Media Player in Europe?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yeah-that'll-work dept.

Chris Gondek writes "If Microsoft cannot settle an antitrust case brought by European Union regulators, the company may be ordered to remove Windows Media Player as an integrated feature of the dominant Windows operating system, at least for personal computers sold in Europe. The European Commission also could order Microsoft to include rival media players with Windows to make those products as easy for users to access as Microsoft's own music and video player."

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  1. It'll be OK with me... by jcostantino · · Score: 0, Redundant

    if they bundle iTunes :)

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  2. WTF!? by Zone-MR · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "The European Commission also could order Microsoft to include rival media players with Windows to make those products as easy for users to access as Microsoft's own music and video player."

    I might hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but ordering a company to bundle software from their competitiors is just ridicioulous! What happened to the concept of a free market?

  3. Direct by JoeBaldwin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From the "no shit sherlock" department.

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