Private businesses have the right to install or not install any software
they want. Unfortunately businesses that can't compete successfully in
the free market as government to force other businesses to use their
product.
Michael Horowitz
Your Computer Consultant
http://yourcomputerconsultant.com
561-394-9079
John Faulds wrote:
Delivering their OSes with half a dozen pre-installed
standard-compliant alternatives to IE/win isn't a
technical problem, so why not?
I'm no lawyer and I'm also no MS fanboy, but I think 'why?' is as
equally a valid question as 'why not?'.
My latest computer with Vista came pre-intalled with Windows Mail,
Windows Media Player, Microsoft Works and Roxio CD Creator (this one
may be more of an HP choice than MS); should I also expect my system
to be preinstalled with Eudora/Thunderbird/Lotus Note,
RealPlayer/Quicktime, OpenOffice and Nero? Is it reasonable for any OS
vendor to have to install any more than one type of any application?
For the less savvy users, having more than one option may actually
make things more difficult for them.
Surely it's any manufacturer's right to choose what components they
use in their own product (as long as there aren't health and safety
concerns involved)?
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