On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 12:25 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 12/06/09 12:20, Alan Pope wrote: > > 2009/6/12 Sean Miller<s...@seanmiller.net>: > >> "European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web > >> browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules, > >> Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer *snip" > >> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8096701.stm > >> > >> That could be quite a turning point in the browser wars. > >> > > > > As far as I understand it, the vast majority of people obtain windows > > as a pre-installation on a new computer. Most don't install it > > themselves (although they may re-install it when it goes sour some > > time later). From what I've read OEMs will be able to select the > > browser on behalf of the user and pre-install it for them > > > > Net result, users get a machine with IE8 pre-installed. > > > > Cheers, > > Al. > > > > That seems to be what I have read too. > > Of course an OS with no browser would make it very hard for a nontechy > user to actually go and get one anyway. > > Open a command window, > Use FTP? > > Al > > It maybe a none essential upgrade that MS could have. In Vista they do this for driver updates. -- Seek That Thy Might Know
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