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[ILUG] Commission concludes on Microsoft investigation, imposes conduct remedies and a fine

[ILUG] Commission concludes on Microsoft investigation, imposes conduct remedies and a fine

Murf xcraft at eircom.net
Wed Mar 24 17:10:10 GMT 2004


On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Gareth Eason wrote:

<snip!>

> 	There are alternatives to Windows Media Player - lots of them. Many are
> just as good and/or better. I never understood why people wanted to use
> Windows + Windows Media Player in the first place... :-)
>
> 	Regards,
> 	-->Gar
>

Indeed there are! The problem is not that there are no alternatives, but
that the vast majority of pc users will not change from the default or
pre-installed stuff they get when buying the machine. The OEM channel is
the key to all this.

My 2c,
Murf.....



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