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MS, EU Agree on Name for Windows Sans Media Player

Posted by timothy on from the first-name-seemed-honest-enough-to-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has agreed with European Union antitrust regulators on a new name for Windows software sold in Europe. Officials at the U.S. software giant said they had accepted the European Union's offer to call the European version of Windows sold without Media Player "Windows XP Home Edition N" - with "N" standing for "not with media player." Microsoft's "XP Professional Edition" will also include the "N" for versions sold without the media player. The prior name for the OS was Windows XP Reduced Media Edition." News.com also mentions the choice.

6 of 468 comments (clear)

  1. Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now when can we get Windows XP Reduced Internet Explorer edition?

  2. Windows XP Home Edition say what? by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Windows XP Home Edition N"

    As a black man I find this use of the N word extremely offensive.

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  3. Windows XP ProN? by davisk · · Score: 5, Funny

    That, is marketing genius.

    1. Re:Windows XP ProN? by deblau · · Score: 5, Funny

      Which is all the more ironic, because it comes without a media player.

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  4. Re:What about Win XP 64 ? by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    For now, yes, until they can figure out how to sell Windows XP N64 without Nintendo finding out.

  5. Re:How about by werewolf1031 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So um, the OS is the car, the radio is Media Player (or viable substitute thereof, eg. Pioneer), the gas is the file format (but it's common to all cars??), the road is the Internet...

    No wait, the GPS anti-theft is the Internet...

    I mean... wait, Microsoft has a proprietary gasoline format that won't run in other stereos?!

    Ok, so if I buy a car from Microsoft and replace the stereo with a Mac, I can't run Linux on it? And I have to pay Ford to drive it on their roads?? And I have to be digitally signed to be the car's driver?!

    I'm lost...