IE7 Pushed Through Autoupdates
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on July 27, 2006 at 12:13:17 PM
I'm really on the fence about this one. Even if you use Firefox, you'll still be prompted to install IE7 on Windows automatically. Monopoly tactics still in use. They should offer to remove the browser entirely and use an alternate one.
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IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a "high priority" update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management, said in an interview Tuesday. Automatic Updates is a Windows feature typically used for security updates, but Microsoft has also used it to push its antipiracy tool WGA Notifications. "The justification, of course, is the significant security enhancements in IE 7," Schare said. Microsoft recommends that all Windows users install the new browser when it ships, he added.