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(Via WinInsider) Windows XP N Stands for ‘No Sales’ :
A senior Microsoft official in the United Kingdom confirmed this week that no computer manufacturers took up the option to install Windows XP N, the operating system Microsoft created in response to the European Commission decision against it.
Windows XP N is a version of Windows that is unbundled from Windows Media Player. The EC decision prohibited Microsoft from charging more for the stripped-down operating system — Microsoft listed the product for the same price as the full version of Windows XP.
I believe we can file this one under “no brainer.”
February 28th, 2006 at 9:05 PM
[...] I suppose they have to fight this to try to head off every jurisdiction that wants to mandate its own version of Windows, but surely there must be a temptation to create two new SKUS and let them sit on the shelves like Windows XP N. Filed under Uncategorized Listen to this article [Permalink] [...]