For those of you not following Microsoft's battle with the European Commission, MS have been told to ship a WMP-less version of XP in Europe. Since the EC ruling, MS have been struggling to find a name for the new version that the EC liked. However they have now settled on adding the letter "N" to the end of the usual title. Interestingly, this wasn't MS's idea."Reduced Media Edition" is a bit cheeky if you ask me, but "N"? I can't see this whole mess-about making any difference in the long run anyway. Never mind.Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's top lawyer in Europe, said the names "Windows XP Home Edition N" and "Windows XP Professional Edition N" were suggested by the Commission after it rejected 10 suggestions by Microsoft.
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Microsoft wanted consumers to be clear what they were buying but the Commission said it should not put off consumers, like Microsoft's first choice, "Windows XP Reduced Media Edition."
CNN has the story.