Microsoft moves ahead with XP Reduced Media
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft made it official Monday: It has no plans to appeal the antitrust sanctions levied against it by the European Commission. As a result, a stripped-down version of Windows, minus Windows Media Player and related files, is moving forward rapidly.
At least some PC makers had an inkling about Microsoft's intentions not to appeal as of last Wednesday. That's when Microsoft delivered to them the version of Windows ordered by the European Commission that Microsoft is currently calling "Windows XP Reduced Media Edition."