Companies Team Up to Deliver Best User Experience in Windows XP
Microsoft Corp. and Macromedia Inc. today announced that Macromedia Flash™ Player 5 will ship with all versions of the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, the highly anticipated next major version of the Windows operating system, scheduled for worldwide availability on Oct. 25.
"With Windows XP, we’re committed to delivering the best multimedia experience on the Web through new technologies in digital media and Internet browsing," said Chris Jones, vice president of the Windows Client Group at Microsoft. "Distributing Macromedia Flash Player 5 in Windows XP complements the rich media services provided by Microsoft and ensures that Windows XP delivers the great media experiences that our customers expect."
News source: Window Planet
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Microsoft Corp. and Macromedia Inc. today announced that Macromedia Flash™ Player 5 will ship with all versions of the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, the highly anticipated next major version of the Windows operating system, scheduled for worldwide availability on Oct. 25.
"With Windows XP, we’re committed to delivering the best multimedia experience on the Web through new technologies in digital media and Internet browsing," said Chris Jones, vice president of the Windows Client Group at Microsoft. "Distributing Macromedia Flash Player 5 in Windows XP complements the rich media services provided by Microsoft and ensures that Windows XP delivers the great media experiences that our customers expect."
News source: Window Planet View: Microsoft Presspass
The biggest recent news in the case, of course, came last week when the US Department of Justice revealed that it would not pursue IE/Windows product tying charges, and would not attempt to have the company broken up. Microsoft partisans immediately saw this as a huge win for the company, but Microsoft still has a tough road to hew. Remember that the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has still found Microsoft to be guilty to illegally maintaining and extending a monopoly by various means. Interestingly, some of these include IE as well: The courts maintain that Microsoft illegally commingled IE code with Windows so as to make it impossible to remove IE (a separate charge from tying), that Microsoft required ISPs to exclusively promote IE over Netscape, that IE overrode Netscape even when users explicitly chose to use Netscape, and that Apple was forced to make IE the default browser on the Macintosh so that Microsoft wouldn't cancel its crucial Office suite on that platform.
Another issue awaiting Microsoft is Windows XP, which regulators are keen to investigate. XP bundles more applications and features than any previous Windows version.
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