Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows
Posted by FallenMonk 1331 Day ago, There are 3 comments, 4281 views
Microsoft will rename a product it was ordered by the European Commission to offer a version of Windows with its media player removed.
The product, which Microsoft had wanted to be called Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, will now be known as either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows XP Professional Edition N.Earlier this year, Microsoft said it was working with the commission on naming options after antitrust regulators balked at the "reduced media" name. Microsoft said the name was selected by European regulators over nine other alternatives proposed by the software maker.
"We have some misgivings about the chosen name as we fear it may cause confusion," Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake said on Monday. "We will adopt the commission's name in order to move forward and accelerate the pace of the implementation process."
Among other options Microsoft suggested were Windows XP Not Incorporating Windows Media Player, Windows XP/N and Windows XP/B.
In addition to challenging the name of the new Windows version, the commission has expressed concern about the degree to which Microsoft has complied with its order requiring the company to license Windows communications protocols to rivals.
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Re: Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows by
thexfile on 2005-03-30 13:33:20
The EU is so full of S H I T !
WMP is free to download.
It's all about protectionism with the EU.
Anyone who's not in the EU gets robbed!
Re: Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows by
sami on 2005-03-30 18:16:40
It's not that microsoft makes media player and they put it in free download... THAT is okay... But embedding media player to windows and finally not having option to remove/not install it is the wrong thing...
Re: Microsoft to rename media player-less Windows by
Stylee on 2005-03-31 02:28:14
This isn't a big deal, oh well Microsoft can't have Media Player installed with Windows, so what.. The first time you run windows update, which by default is active, Microsoft is going to make sure WMP is checked by default for a download and install. And Also, it's not embedded, if you know anything at all you can uninstall it. I think this just hurts end users in the long run.. Mom and pop go out to buy Windows and get one without WMP installed. They go to play the .wmv file there kids send them of there grandbaby just to find out that they can't by default play it without installing some other program. WTF, now they are calling tech support and what not.. All this is unreasonable.
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