Microsoft Offers IE7 to All, Pirates Included

sjdurfey writes "Microsoft recently decided to open up IE7 to all users of Windows, not just the ones with legitimate copies of Windows. They claim it is in the 'end-users best interest'. As a result, Microsoft has decided to mark IE7 as a 'High-priority' update. This is essentially a forced update. Granted, its only a forced update if you are running Windows and have windows update set to automatically install all updates, but nevertheless, it's unnecessary. You can however uninstall IE7 from the Add/Remove Programs menu after its been installed. 'A blocking tool kit is still available for companies and organizations that don't use Windows Server Update Services and want to permanently prevent IE7 from automatically installing on PCs equipped with IE6.'" Update: 10/06 21:19 GMT by Z :Sorry if this seems a bit familiar.

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Re:Stranger Daze||Days

[hasbeard]

Actually its, "All your bases are belong to us."

Re:Competition

[HartDev]

if you had not written this I would have. All I can see is a large blinking light saying "firefox is kicking the crap out of us!" MS is having a bad year, Vista turns people to Linux, IE turns people to firefox, too bad the xbox 360 couldn't be as helpful to Sony's PS3 as it has been to Open Source programs....