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EC Considering Removing Internet Explorer From Windows

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the epic-struggles dept.

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."

2 of 827 comments (clear)

  1. What about Apple? by dustin_c1 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Apple bundles iTunes, Safari, Mac Mail, iChat and Quicktime with OS X.

    But nobody complains.

    If Microsoft can't bundle those apps, nobody else should be able to either.

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  2. Re:Slow Justice is No Justice by mweather · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So remove IE and replace it with wget.