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Story: Microsoft reveals EC's plans for Windows browser

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Here we go again...

"Windows Update" is already tied to IE, so am I overly cynical in suspecting that MS will deny updates to people who choose an alternative browser? I have this horrible feeling of deja-vu:

"When the judge ordered Microsoft to offer a version of Windows which did not include Internet Explorer, Microsoft responded that the company would offer manufacturers a choice: one version of Windows that was obsolete, or another that did not work properly. The judge asked, "It seemed absolutely clear to you that I entered an order that required that you distribute a product that would not work?" David D. Cole, a Microsoft vice president, replied, "In plain English, yes. We followed that order. It wasn't my place to consider the consequences of that.""

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft

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