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Microsoft Ties Windows Live Services to OS

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the adoption-by-ramrod dept.

narramissic writes "Microsoft is tying its Windows Live services directly to Vista — a move that should sound vaguely familiar, as it is precisely what the company did to make IE ubiquitous among Internet users. 'A new unified installer for Windows Live services will help users download Wednesday's updates of photo-sharing, mail, instant messaging, online safety and other services, the company said on its Windows Live Wire blog. The new installer also will automatically update those services on Windows Vista and XP going forward.'"

3 of 248 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wrong by yoyhed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You fucked up. It'd be "In Soviet Russia, Windows Live installs you!". Maybe on slashdot.ru, people actually get it right when they use old Simpsons jokes!

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  2. Re:A Public Service Announcement From Microsoft by conteXXt · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Such a shame that I can't mod this past +5 funny.

    Rest assured, my new friend, that smallint cannot truly represent the level of funny I got from this post.

    Kudos

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  3. Re:A Public Service Announcement From Microsoft by rgo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Such a shame that I can't mod this past +5 funny. Such a shame that I can't mod this post +5 insightful.
    I would have done it, but I can't because of this post.