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Friday, July 13, 2001

Uninstall IE in WinXP -- 9:12 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Microsoft has thrown a bone to the government by saying that it will allow Internet Explorer to be uninstalled in WindowsXP. This would have been cool five years ago. Basically it amounts to Microsoft saying, "We crushed the competition, so there's no reason to be anticompetitive in this sector any more." Of course, they continue to feel free to be anticompetitive in streaming media and instant messaging. I also wonder what will be uninstalled since IE is so tied to the WinXP desktop. Maybe it will just uninstall the icons. Thanks Ars Technica.

J.t.Qbe comments: Microsoft once again gives everyone the finger. They've destroyed the competition and won the browser war, so now they say "Sure, you can uninstall IE from XP." How many XP users will really do that?

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