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Post #146,961 by inthane-chan 3/18/04 3:30:50 PM Reply	I think Microsoft knows this... ...and will not play "chicken" with the EU. Instead, we'll see a stripped down, "crippled" version of XP, without media player, costing maybe 1 euro less than the "full" verson - and major functionality will not work until Media Player is downloaded and installed off of Microsoft's website. Kinda like the IE-less version of Win 9x that was released a bit back. "I'll stop calling this crew 'Orwellian' when they stop using 1984 as an operations manual." - J. Bradford DeLong
Post #147,011 by jake123 3/18/04 7:27:32 PM Reply	I dunno I have a wee feeling that the competition bureau at the EU might take exception to that, unlike the spineless at the DOJ. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #147,012 by inthane-chan 3/18/04 7:35:38 PM Reply	I didn't say Microsoft knew THAT... ;-)
Post #147,024 by Meerkat 3/18/04 10:27:57 PM Reply	It's a chance at least to update an old tagline... Or at least a change to an existing one. "You have moved your mouse. Please install Media Player and reboot for this change to take effect..." John. Busy lad.

EC fails to reach agreement with MS - (pwhysall) - (9) - March 18, 2004, 07:23:38 AM EST

Expect to see Microsoft refuse to sell in the EU - (ben_tilly) - (8) - March 18, 2004, 01:52:42 PM EST

Sadly, I agree. -NT - (pwhysall) - March 18, 2004, 01:54:17 PM EST

Another possible outcome - (jake123) - (6) - March 18, 2004, 03:14:23 PM EST

Won't do them much good without the source code... - (inthane-chan) - (5) - March 18, 2004, 03:16:43 PM EST

Aye, that's true - (jake123) - (4) - March 18, 2004, 03:18:41 PM EST

I think Microsoft knows this... - (inthane-chan) - (3) - March 18, 2004, 03:30:50 PM EST

I dunno - (jake123) - (1) - March 18, 2004, 07:27:32 PM EST

I didn't say Microsoft knew *THAT*... ;-) -NT - (inthane-chan) - March 18, 2004, 07:35:38 PM EST

It's a chance at least to update an old tagline... - (Meerkat) - March 18, 2004, 10:27:57 PM EST

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