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eptember 23, 2008 – 8:58 pm PDT – by Steven Hodson 6 Comments
With each successive release of the Windows operating system it has gotten bigger and bigger. While it doesn’t help that it has to keep supporting so much legacy stuff from previous versions it has also suffered from more and more stuff being added to the core OS.
This has lead to anti-trust battles with both the DOJ and the EU to the point that Microsoft had to release a special versin in Europe without the Windows Media Player as in intregal part of the OS. It doesn’t matter that the sales numbers of that EU specific version were nothing short of laughable they still had to make it available.
It would seem though with Microsoft’s push into the Software as a Service (SaaS) world they are rethinking just what really needs to be included as a base part of their next version of Windows. As both LiveSide and The Inquisitr are reporting that Mail, Photo Gallery and Movie Maker are not going to be a part of the base install. As Duncan Riley from the Inquisitr says
