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Story: PC vendors snub antitrust altered Windows

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This whole law suit was a joke. If other media players are good enough to grab the attention of the masses, then whether or not Windows comes with Windows Media Player or not is irrelevant, I have installed and tried many alternatives, but see no reason to switch, as Media Player does everything I need it to. Yet I know many people who wouldn't use Media Player if their life counted on it, because they are such a fan of a rival player.

I hope no manufacturer pre-installs this version of Windows, ever. Just to push home how stupid it was to force them to remove it in the first place.

Microsoft is writing an Operating System that has to try and please people from all walks of life, whether it be the technical, gaming, work or casual family user. Not everyone that uses the OS knows or even cares what players they use, as long as their PC plays their CD's or other media they put on their machine.

If Windows never came with a Media Player from the start, I'm sure there would be a large percentage of the current market that would be none the wiser that their PC was able to play CD's.

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