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Mise on 18 December 2009
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Jereel Hunter said:
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Not at all. What do you use to browse files on your Windows computer? Windows Explorer? What if they decided that it was unfair for Microsoft to bundle a visual file browser interface with their computer? You had to use command prompt unless you obtained an alternative yourself?

 

I am testing free alternatives for it - FreeCommander ATM, thank you very much.

And assuming such a thing would come to pass (which I strongy doubt), I suppose the solution would be similar to the one proposed for the browsers - when installing the system, you get to choose between explorer.exe and some other available shell choices.

Long ago, MS decided that web browsing was an INTEGRAL part of a PC user's experience. Are they right?

I'll get back to that if/when that Google OS ever gets an official RC.

But I just bought a new laptop, I would be INFURIATED to fire up the laptop and find I have no way to go online. You buy a machine with windows 7, plug it into your cable modem/router, and it pretty much just works. How much good does that do you if you have no browser?

I'd assume that with all laptops that come with an preinstalled OS, the user gets to choose a browser to be installed for the said system, or DL one later with Windows Update. And if you choose not to have a preinstalled system, you're probably knowledgeable enough to obtain an installer without a browser - with, say, a FTP client.

And binding critical functions to it - I say, "So what?"

Like Alby_da_wolf said, it's unnecessary, doesn't really benefit anyone besides MS, and causes more trouble than it's worth IMO. And apparently it's anti-competitive according to EU legislation.

"They could have dodged this bullet years ago" ? There shouldn't have been a bullet to dodge.

That may (not) be, but there was, and it cost them - and it's not exactly the first time they've been slapped for this sort of thing. Hell, they've been in court several times for this specific reason, and it's ended up costing them each time - you'd think they'd have stopped bundling IE with Windows years ago.



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