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- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1See the following:
[Live Bundle:] Cut the Craplet?
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| According to a January CBC News story, an unnamed Microsoft
| executive complained about OEM preloaded software as potentially
| causing problems with Windows Vista.
|
| CBC News quoted the Microsoft exec, "We call them craplets,"
| referring to the preloaded software.
|
| Many PC buyers don't want the extra software, either. Last
| month, Dell opened the Idea Storm Website to collect feedback
| from customers on what they wanted or didn't want on their PCs.
| Currently, with 52,068 "promotes," the "No Extra Software Option"
| ranks number six. Apparently, Idea Storm respondents want their
| Linux, OpenOffice or no operating system more than they don't
| want the extra software, or so-called craplets.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/cut_the_craplet.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
He took my tip (comment) and decided to write about the hypocrisy. They said PCs were slowed down by unnecessary software.
Related articles on prebundling and lockins:
Connecting the dots on Windows 7
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=241
Where Should Vendors Stick Their Services?
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,2005413,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Welcome to college, here's your Windows Live account
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/4/23/3719
Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
'Microsoft broke anti-trust agreement,' prosecutors claim
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/microsoft_breached_antitrust/
Microsoft rivals file second European complaint
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bAF5B8FB2-488F-4468-80B8-21F6EEE223E3%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
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