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Antitrust Case Over, Microsoft Ties IE 10 To Win 8

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the same-as-it-ever-was dept.

deadeyefred writes "With the last vestiges of Microsoft's U.S. antitrust consent decree expiring earlier this year, the company is again tying its browser tightly to Windows. In pre-release versions of IE 10 and Windows 8, IE 10 cannot be uninstalled and is required to enable the new 'Metro'-style apps."

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  1. Re:And Linux does too by NoobixCube · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll refrain from modrating since there's no "-1 spend five minutes on Google then come back and apologise for what an idiot you've been; following this, immediately re-evaluate every 'argument' you've been in, and figure out if you were right, or just a tool. Apologise to all those with the misfortune of meeting you".

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  2. Re:Is Metro the new ActiveX? by marcosdumay · · Score: 5, Funny

    I quita liked it when they integrateed an IP stack...

    But, anyway, integrating IE seems completely irrelevant nowadays. It looks more like "just another (boring) GUI toolkit", and less like "stuff people will use".

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