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Microsoft Windows XP N Flops

Posted by Zonk on from the bad-ideas-follow-bad-ideas dept.

ChocLinux writes "Dell, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens have announced they have no plans to pre-install Windows XP N, the version of Windows without a bundled media player that Microsoft released to comply with the European Commission antitrust ruling. It is now almost six months since Microsoft released Windows XP N, and the fact that no-one wants to sell it suggests that this antitrust case may be going the way of the US one. Also, the article raises the question - now that RealNetworks has settled with Microsoft, will anyone bother to complain about this? Of course there's a chance that the EC might bring a new antitrust case against Microsoft, but how much more effective is that likely to be?"

5 of 277 comments (clear)

  1. Frost Pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Score: 0 (Logged-in users start at Score: 1). Create an Account! To confirm you're not a script,

  2. Off-topic: Raises the question - THANK YOU! by Animaether · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you, ChocLinux, for not using "Begs the question" where it is has no place

  3. Re:It is open by vcv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apple controls most of the mp3 player market, buddy.

  4. Re:barn door, horse... by vcv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Um.. it wouldn't. Those are built upon IE components (shdocvw.dll being one)

  5. Re:Some fun facts by Fordiman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    500 million euros? What is that, like $20?

    Just kidding. It's about $424M. Just a joke regarding the fact that the euro's been falling lately.

    And not a very funny one.

    Oh, I'm so getting modded -1 offtopic for this.

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