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Microsoft Drops Windows 7 E Editions
A week after Microsoft agreed to include a browser ballot screen in Windows 7 systems sold in Europe, then announced that those systems would initially include no browser at all — specifically, no Internet Explorer — Microsoft has changed its mind again and dropped talk of a European Windows 7 E edition. Here is the official Microsoft blog announcement, which includes a screen shot of the proposed ballot screen. The browsers are listed left-to-right in order of market share, with IE therefore having pride of place. PC Pro notes that, since the ballot screen would not appear if IE were not pre-installed, Microsoft's proposal opens the door for Google to work with PC manufacturers to get Chrome on new machines. Note that the browser ballot screen has not yet been accepted by the EU, though the initial reaction to it was welcoming.
[x] Remove Windows7 and install Linux
[ ] Remove Windows7 and install FreeBSD
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
Firefox wasn't a decent browser until version 1.5 (4 years after IE6), and didnt really have enough competitive features until 2.0 (5 years after IE6).
Look at the timeline.. IE7 was released about the same time as FF2? Well how about that. Microsoft moved as fast as the rest of the market? Fucking amazing.
Cry some moar that you didnt get your free updates to Internet Explorer between 2001 and 2006, when only Opera had anything resembling competition (and was #1 in many countries, and still is)
"His name was James Damore."
No, it isn't. The flying chair thing is way more fucking tiring, but every fat unsexed loser around here still thinks it's great.