The random utterances of David Arno

Yesterday, I commented on the shoddy business practices of Apple. Luckily for me, before people have had the chance to accuse me of anti-Apple bias, dear old Microsoft come to my rescue with a piss-take of their own.

Not long ago, it was widely reported that Microsoft were planning on shipping Windows 7E in Europe, which would be a version of Windows 7 with no browser installed. This was to get around and EC ruling regarding Microsoft’s near-monopoly of the browser market. Yesterday though they did an about turn and dropped the plan. Laughably, this decision appears to have been taken in isolation by Redmond, with Microsoft UK finding out about it no sooner than the public.

Of course all this “will they/ won’t they?” debacle over  the “E” addition of Windows 7 could simply be a distraction away from plans to charge us more than twice as much as US folk for some Windows 7 upgrades.  And let’s not forget that Apple are offering an equally major upgrade to OS X for just $29/ £19, making the Windows 7 upgrades a rip off for just about everyone.