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Inside Windows XP Reduced Media Edition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-hold-your-breath dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Flexbeta.net has got it's take on Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, which is basically Windows XP Pro stripped of its Windows Media Player. To sum it up, there is hardly any noticable difference between XP RME and XP Pro, except for the welcome screen and Windows not recognizing their own file format. The article hints how this may be the beggining to a Windows OS without any Microsoft applications. Bye-bye Internet Explorer?"

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  1. Bush's fault by Rollie+Hawk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If Kerry were in office, the North Koreans would be selling Longhorn by now.

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    Before any liberals are tempted to mod up one of my comments, a word of warning: I'm actually making fun of you.
  2. Re:Bundled Software - oh how terrible. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Microsoft's practices are a bit shady (like trying to name a product 'reduced media edition'

    Not shady, downright contemptible. When the courts punish them they act like some immature little kid, not a global corporation.

    They think they're above the law, but what they don't realize is that this kind of behavior doesn't sit well with people. They are only hastening their descent into irrelevance. Keep up the good work, assholes.