Choice
Friday 12th November, 2010 15:53 Comments: 0
This comment on The Register made me chuckle:
I can see why AV companies would be unhappy that Microsoft Security Essentials is presented. But I'm getting a bit annoyed that Microsoft are being forced to unbundle and offer choices to people just because their OS is the most popular. Some of us actually want Windows Media Player pre-installed, rather than downloading the setup file over the internet. Some of us want to use IE (with Protected Mode, SmartScreen Filter etc.), and we don't want to download an optional update and pin the IE symbol back where it was. It's only a matter of time before we have to choose what calculator we use, what text editor we use, what patch management program we want to use (Windows Update is great, but what about something like Shavlik?). I wouldn't be surprised if the comment really does make it into Windows 8.
I can see why AV companies would be unhappy that Microsoft Security Essentials is presented. But I'm getting a bit annoyed that Microsoft are being forced to unbundle and offer choices to people just because their OS is the most popular. Some of us actually want Windows Media Player pre-installed, rather than downloading the setup file over the internet. Some of us want to use IE (with Protected Mode, SmartScreen Filter etc.), and we don't want to download an optional update and pin the IE symbol back where it was. It's only a matter of time before we have to choose what calculator we use, what text editor we use, what patch management program we want to use (Windows Update is great, but what about something like Shavlik?). I wouldn't be surprised if the comment really does make it into Windows 8.