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<blockquote data-quote="Saracen" data-source="post: 313756" data-attributes="member: 5721">As far as I know the stripped down version to which you are refering will not be available to the public. It will be for OEM use only. This is so computer manufacturers can bundle the software they want to with their systems rather than the ones that MS has included.For years MS has argued that they couldn't remove certain applications from Windows becasue they were integral to the functioning of the OS. The apps that they were refering to are ones such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.Basically, if a company like Dell wnats to include Netscape or Opera instead of Internet Explorer they will now be able to.This also means that companies that were struggling becasue no one was buying their products will have a fighting chance. The argument was, why should anyone buy our competeing product when MS is giving it away for free.With the version of Windows that MS boxes and sells to the public they can still do whatever they want with it because you're buying the entire package from MS and not a third-party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saracen, post: 313756, member: 5721"] As far as I know the stripped down version to which you are refering will not be available to the public. It will be for OEM use only. This is so computer manufacturers can bundle the software they want to with their systems rather than the ones that MS has included. For years MS has argued that they couldn't remove certain applications from Windows becasue they were integral to the functioning of the OS. The apps that they were refering to are ones such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. Basically, if a company like Dell wnats to include Netscape or Opera instead of Internet Explorer they will now be able to. This also means that companies that were struggling becasue no one was buying their products will have a fighting chance. The argument was, why should anyone buy our competeing product when MS is giving it away for free. With the version of Windows that MS boxes and sells to the public they can still do whatever they want with it because you're buying the entire package from MS and not a third-party. [/QUOTE]

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