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The reason for excluding essential services is because including them leads to monopoly accusations. In many countries it is illegal to ship Windows with IE pr
by juxtaposition 16y ago
The reason for excluding essential services is because including them leads to monopoly accusations.
In many countries it is illegal to ship Windows with IE preinstalled and set as the default browser. Instead, new copies of Windows offer a download window which asks you if you want to install IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Opera.
Personally, I think this is insane.
- xpaulbettsx 16y agoThat and it means that Windows Live Essentials isn't tied to the Windows OS release schedule so they can update it more often.
- thwarted 16y agoIsn't the release schedule for Windows OS updates once a month (on a Tuesday, I believe)?