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Old 01-21-09, 01:20 AM   #1
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In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules. The EC's ruling was triggered by a complaint from IE rival Opera. Microsoft could seek to offer a Windows version without IE, as it did in the EC's 2004 ruling on Windows Media Player."
Seems that, if this is implemented.
This is would a end of IE in Europe and it cult status won't exist anymore.

Firefox and others would rule!

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may be chrome..........nd whats the problem with WMP........
Chrome???
I don't think chrome has an edge for it, with FF and Opera leading the new generation.
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just google it nd u can find that in few days chrome is going to take lead over FF..............
Let us wait and see what happens.
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Bill Gates would fight tooth & nail against the order.
Any body who has used FF3 with its wide range of add-ons know that its the only browser that can be fully customised to suit ur exact requirements. And once u r used to that u become lazy and find using Crome or IE too much of an activity.
Till such time Crome comes up similar facilities, no full time FF user would shift to it.
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This has already been implemented I think some time back.
There's a version of windows called "Microsoft Windows XP Professional N Retail" without IE7 & WMP 11.
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This has already been implemented I think some time back.
There's a version of windows called "Microsoft Windows XP Professional N Retail" without IE7 & WMP 11.

i found the whole details on that so u r not completly right that version was only without WMP and it contains its own Media player......

this was the cover of that windows we are talking about




here are the sources.........

Description of Windows XP Home Edition N and Windows XP Professional N

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certainly that would be the end of ie's leading share.But it's not that easy to happen.
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windows without ie is not something which we will see in recent future. ms will work out something against this order
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please friends 1st read the whole story..........than say it was coming without IE........
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