Re: Programs That XP Could Add?

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:11:12 -0700

What if the government reinstated it's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft?

Actually, you can compress and uncompress files in XP and it uses a zip
format. A new packet writing standard called Mount Rainier,
http://www.softarch.com/us/products/WriteCDRW/mtrainierfaqs.html, has been
approved, is supported by all the major CD/DVD software manufacturer's who
are now replacing their previous packet writers with Mount Rainier and it
should be a part of future Windows operating systems but it was approved too
late for Windows XP and will not be a part of future XP updates. You'll
need to check with the manufacturer of your current burner to see if it is
compatible but most new burners are compatible with the standard. In fact,
assuming the Longhorn beta, code name for the next version of Windows,
begins some time next year, SP2 is probably the last major Service Pack for
XP so it is not likely to be incorporated into XP.

I have no idea if a DVD decoder will be included in the next Windows OS,
probably yes. During the development of XP there were a number of factors
mitigating against it. At the time, many of the DVD players in computers
did not conform to the standard used in commercial players, hence creating
the necessary software was problematic. Second, there may have been some
copyright issues. Whether or not you are aware of it, each time you
purchase a blank tape, a portion of the purchase price goes into a fund paid
to artists and other copyright participants as royalty. I'm not sure if
there is such a surcharge on commercial DVD players. However, even if there
isn't, there may have been such issues that might have required the paying
of a royalty on any OS sold with such a feature. This is only speculation
on my part but I believe the first issue I raised played into not including
such an option as part of the OS. 

-- 
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:013401c483fb$97cbead0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi.  What if Microsoft added their own anti-virus, PDF
> viewer, DVD decoder software and a fully functional
> WinZip utility?  Also add packet writing software like
> InCd.  Basically you could just install WindowsXP SP2 and
> Office 2003 on your PC and that was it.

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