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Windows 7 Lets You Uninstall IE8
CWmike writes "A just-leaked build of Windows 7 lets users remove Internet Explorer, the first time that Microsoft has offered the option since it integrated the browser with Windows in 1997, two bloggers reported today. The move might have been prompted by recent charges by the European Union that Microsoft has stifled browser competition by bundling IE with its operating system, the bloggers speculated. One solution under consideration by the EU would require Microsoft to disable IE if the user decided to install a different browser, such as Mozilla's Firefox or Google's Chrome. Microsoft had no comment when asked to confirm whether Windows 7 will let users dump IE8 or whether the option was in reaction to the EU charges."
WHERE did I say I disagree with being able to uninstall IE? I believe you have a reading comprehension problem. I said installing firefox should not automatically disable IE. If I don't want IE, I'll uninstall or disable it myself, thank you very much. The installation of firefox does NOT mean I want IE disabled. I install firefox on all of my machines; I still want and use IE on them on a regular basis. I will be outraged if the default behavior is "disable IE on installation of any other browser".
I don't need a bunch technologically retarded bureaucrats deciding my computers default behavior.
You've been modded funny, but this actually does remove one of the main problems I have with running XP.
It's more a general sense of cruft than anything else though. I like knowing that every piece of software on my machine is there by my choice, not by fiat. The core OS should be just that, a core, and any modules I want, I can load.
That's why I'm probably on Ubuntu as primary for good, but this might make Windows 7 tolerable enough for a gaming rig (though not for serious work.)
Vista works?
Oh, it's definitely not important. In the grand scheme of things, it's nothing more than power politics.
Yeah, the law is just a red herring. I'm sure the fact that the same law exists in countries around the world is unimportant and there is no reason for any of us to learn what those laws are and why they exist. After all, that would take effort. Likewise there's no reason to look at the motivations and other ruling of the EU commission to date, because, again, that would take work. Let's just make empty assertions and remain ignorant and loud about it.