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Originally Posted by Defiant
But atleast at this present time I don't have any third parties forcing Microsoft to put there rubbish on the OS. I have what I need on there now and that doe's me. I wouldn't like to have x-amount of players,browser's,picture editors etc. Christ the operating system would need to come with a new 120GB hdd
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It's not about forcing MS to put stuff in the OS. I was referring to OEMs
pre-installing stuff on their computers (like the way Compaq machines pre-install "Compaq Disgnostics for Windows"). No-one's talking about making MS put anything extra in the retail boxes of Windows.
HP are due to release their own MP3/MP4 player based on Apple's iPod. This will require their machines to have QuickTime/iTunes pre-installed. Under MS' previous licensing scheme (which I think has been stopped by the DoJ) they would not have been allowed to do this. Seeing as how OEMs aren't allowed to supply a Windows install CD with their machines (they have to provide a "system restore" CD that installs a pre-set Windows installation) this would not affect what MS would have to put on the standard WinXP CD.