Story: South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
Posted by: Big Al (Wednesday 7 December 2005, 3:18 PM)
David,
A house with a bedroom is a poor analogy.
It's more like - if you dare use cable TV, your house will fall down.
Messenger is not bundled, it's built into admin and networking services.
It's not impossible to disable it - but tricky (thanks to Steve Gibson)
It re-installs with Outlook Express
It's not listed in Add/Remove programs
- who knows why.?
Full Talkback thread
Story: South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
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The article blames Microsoft for stealing most of... Bill King -
I can't blame any country for feeling suspicious a... David Mendez
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David,
A house with a bedroom is a poor analo... Big Al -
The Korean decision may however simply fade away u... Olavi Petri
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Bill, WMP does "phone home" and it may be th... Andy
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We need to be clear on what bundling means. Simply... Trev
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Mr. Mendez seems to think you can remove any M$ pr... Oldator
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im not microsofts biggest fan, but it seems unfair... darren
