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EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows
Itsabouttime writes "In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules. The EC's ruling was triggered by a complaint from IE rival Opera. Microsoft could seek to offer a Windows version without IE, as it did in the EC's 2004 ruling on Windows Media Player."
How am I supposed to download Firefox then?!!? FTP? c'mon!
how long until
I can see it now.
Installing "Windows 7" Step 6 of 10:
Picking which web browser is right for you. If you need help visit us at www.microsoft.com.
1.) Internet Explorer 8
DEFAULT CHOICE
RECOMMENDED CHOICE
2.) Other (Advanced)
(Only recommend for Advanced Users)
If our elected representatives no longer represent us, do we still live in a Democracy?
Of course you can download an alternative browser without having another browser to do it.
> ftp -A ftp.ussg.iu.edu
ftp> cd pub/opera/win/963/en
ftp> binary
ftp> hash
ftp> get Opera_963_en_Setup.exe
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Opera_963_en_Setup.exe (5619080 byte
s).
###
226 File send OK.
ftp: 5619080 bytes received in 112.06Seconds 50.14Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit
Although this too will fail once the EU decides that Microsoft's inclusion of an FTP client is anti-competitive and asks for it to be removed too.
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You present this as though it's a viable option.. How many people know the ftp address to download firefox?
Only you, is the answer and only because you looked it up to prove me wrong.
Now that Qt is LGPL and includes webkit, the only advantage to using embedded IE is legacy code and its quirks. Hopefully people will catch on, because it seems like an obvious win for everyone.