Monday, August 3, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Windows 7 E to Die Early

HTTP:: Windows 7 E to Die Early
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In an attempt to make its Windows flagship product compliant with the EU antimonopoly regulations, Microsoft announced that the upcoming Windows 7 flavor of the operating system would not include its Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser. Dubbed Windows 7 “E,” the OS version was expected to come to the market in the European Union, but it seems that the company changed its plans and will ship the fully packed Windows 7 in the area. Following a recent proposal concerning the inclusion of a “consumer ballot screen” that would enable Windows users to select a Web browser of their choice, and the fact that the European Commission welcomed it, Microsoft has decided to include both IE8 and the ballot screen in Windows 7. Moreover, the same will apply to previously released iterations of Windows already available in the European Economic Area, including Windows Vista (SP2 too) and Windows XP (SP3 too). “I’m pleased to report that we will ship the same version of Windows!
7 in Europe in October that we will ship in the rest of the world,” Dave Heiner, Microsoft's vice president and deputy general counsel, says in a blog statement. “If the Commission accepts our recent proposal, we would then fully implement all of its terms. As proposed, we would use the Internet to deliver a ballot screen...
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