MS To Slip IE8 Into Vista and XP Through OEMs

crazyeyes writes "Microsoft says it's 'optional,' but they are already planning to slip Internet Explorer 8 into all Windows Vista/XP PCs by March. MS claims that IE8 will offer better performance and security. But what about unwanted stuff like 'Monetization opportunities (for OEMs)' and 'These services will be used (by OEMs) to deliver brand exposure... to the users'?"

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F*ck Microsoft

[Quest4RelativeTruth]

Windows had to be reinstalled 3 times in the last month; I haven't done the third reinstall yet, and I don't think I'm going to because it'll wipe out GRUB. I just got the one program I needed windows for running in Wine, and I'm in the mood for some Microsoft bashing.

And?

[Anonymous Coward]

So, tell me, what do these articles really accomplish? What have you done to better the world with them?

Oh, right. Nothing.

It is just useless and incessant whining. Worse, it is self-perpetuated by a group of people who willingly take on a victim complex. In doing so, they then believe their choice of platform is a moral decision instead of a preference. Thus, anything the evil M$ (lol I'm clever!) does is, by their skewed worldview, inherently evil. And then the need to whine about it shows itself.

The painful truth is MS products are good enough in most people's eyes, and that's all that matters at the moment. The computer is a means to an end to most people. They have real, actual concerns to deal with that don't involve nerd drama.

I learned a long time ago that nerd != smart. This site was key in coming to that revelation.

Re:It got me building my own PC's

[Quest4RelativeTruth]

Windows is crapware. IE6 is a downloader trojan.

Re:IE has had these for ages

[drsmithy]

I have been modded "troll".
[...]

I'm still in shock.

Well there's no '-1, Wrong', so what are the mods supposed to do ?