No demand for media-player-free Windows

Microsoft started offering a version of Windows without a bundled media-player, known as Windows XP N, in June this year, to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
Dell, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens have announced they have no plans to pre-install Windows XP N.
Recently RealNetworks has settled with Microsoft

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Ramo Vigrahavan Dharmah

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Procrastination to Motivation (Regulate your emotions)

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