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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx</link><description>UPDATE: June 11, 2009 &amp;ndash; 5:30 p.m. Pacific 
 Posted by Dave Heiner Vice President and Deputy General Counsel 
 [Update to my original post earlier today below - I&amp;rsquo;ve added more historical context for readers who might be new to the issue</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346623</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:03:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346623</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;That’s what the next version of Windows would be called if the European Union had their choice.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346623" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346622</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:03:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346622</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;As IE8 is, or will be, available on a disk why not ship the E version of W7 together with the IE8 disk? That way the EU Commission should be happy and Microsoft customers are not left in limbo with an only half operational operating system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346622" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346621</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:03:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346621</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I really think that any program added to Windows that does not relate directly to the running of hardware should be removed. No email programs, no graphic editing software, no media players, no extra applications at all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346621" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346620</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:02:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346620</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;That is quite a good idea. In fact, that is how IE 8 works! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346620" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346619</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:02:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346619</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I agree with this ruling, now if only we could force you to allow MSN messenger to go multi-platform properly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346619" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346618</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:02:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346618</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thankyou Very Good Windows7. &amp;nbsp;But IE8 Not Good?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346618" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346617</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:02:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346617</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear Friends, Happy April Fool&amp;#39;s Day! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; A rabbi, a priest and a minister are discussing when life begins. &amp;nbsp; The priest says: &amp;quot;In our religion, life begins at conception.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp; The minister says: &amp;quot;We disagree. We believe that life begins when the foetus is viable away from the mother&amp;#39;s womb.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp; The rabbi responds: &amp;quot;You both are wrong. In our religion, life begins when the kids graduate college and the dog dies.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Happy April Fool&amp;#39;s Day!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346617" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346616</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346616</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This governs agreements between suppliers and agents across Europe &amp;nbsp;and gives a host .... Approx £1000 p.a.for legal/registration;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346616" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346615</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:01:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346615</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Leave it to MS to continue to push their proprietary solutions out to the rest of the world. &amp;nbsp;I read last week that a hacker cracked IE 8 in a matter of hours. &amp;nbsp;So much for improved security.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3346615" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Working to Fulfill our Legal Obligations in Europe for Windows 7</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2009/06/11/working-to-fulfill-our-legal-obligations-in-europe-for-windows-7.aspx#3346614</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:01:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3346614</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;On the point about IE being pre-installed and it being seen as bad for competition, what about Safari, which comes pre-installed with every Mac? I hate to side with Microsoft but surely the same rules have to apply across the board.&lt;/p&gt;
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