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Check it out here, interesting read. I really like this part...
Sullivan told me that Microsoft was committed--absolutely committed--to honoring the spirit of this consent decree, something the company has had problems with in the past (see my WinInfo article, Microsoft Remedy Trial: Judge Warns Microsoft It Must Comply, for details). And sure enough, the agreement pretty much says that Microsoft simply has to hide access to the offending middleware. But I'm not so sure that Microsoft is honoring the spirit of the agreement at all. In fact, Microsoft is simply meeting the letter of the agreement, as they've often done with similar agreements in the past. If the company was interested in really complying with this agreement--which, after all, is partially designed to ensure that the applications Microsoft commingles with Windows don't disadvantage the competition), other related bundled applications, such as Windows Movie Maker (WMM) and MSN Explorer would be included in this list as well.
Sullivan told me that Microsoft was committed--absolutely committed--to honoring the spirit of this consent decree, something the company has had problems with in the past (see my WinInfo article, Microsoft Remedy Trial: Judge Warns Microsoft It Must Comply, for details). And sure enough, the agreement pretty much says that Microsoft simply has to hide access to the offending middleware. But I'm not so sure that Microsoft is honoring the spirit of the agreement at all. In fact, Microsoft is simply meeting the letter of the agreement, as they've often done with similar agreements in the past. If the company was interested in really complying with this agreement--which, after all, is partially designed to ensure that the applications Microsoft commingles with Windows don't disadvantage the competition), other related bundled applications, such as Windows Movie Maker (WMM) and MSN Explorer would be included in this list as well.