Windows Live: Microsoft's Antitrust Savior?
Windows Live, might be the way for Microsoft to extend Windows without provoking new antitrust cases.
Microsoft had been sued earlier for bundling Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and more into Windows on the desktop. And its inclusion of these elements, plus even more – a calendaring application, a photo gallery, various games – in Windows Vista could spell bigger legal troubles for the company in the not-too-distant future.
"Increasingly, you'll see packaged software that's 'Live-Ready,'" says Blake Irving, a corporate vice president with Microsoft's MSN unit. "This means software that is designed to work in concert with an Internet service. To deliver these experiences, Live-Ready client-side software must be capable of connecting to the Windows Live 'cloud' and must have the necessary plumbing and infrastructure."
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