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MS To Offer Windows Sans WMP, If EU So Orders

Posted by timothy on from the bullying-begets-bullying dept.

PSwim writes "Microsoft has said it will remove Media Player from Window, if ordered by the EU this week. The 'Windows-Lite' version will only be available in Europe. Best quote from the article involves its refusal to release networking documentation: '"The Commission says Linux would disappear" if Microsoft did not grant access to its documentation, Smith claimed. "But Linux is alive and well and I don't know any person at Linux or any Linux programmers who share the Commission's view."'"

3 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:first wtf post by Doyle · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What does he think Linux is - a company?!

  2. Here's my guess... by NoMercy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Microsoft will ship Windows without WMP, it won't also ship any codecs or any way to download them unless you install WMP.

    So essentially you'd be shafted if you wanted to use any other media player to view WMP files, until youve downloaded and instaleld WMP :)

  3. Easy Route to WinXPLite by pdamoc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    MS takes WinXP Professional SP2, uses XPLite 1.3 to do a PowerStrip then they sell the result at the price of Starter Edition.
    Brrrriiiing... the alarm clock rings... well... back to reality.