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Microsoft Windows 7 to ship without built-in e-mail functionality

by Parm Mann on 23 September 2008, 13:52

Tags: Windows 7, Windows Live Essentials, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

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As expected, and hoped, Microsoft has confirmed that applications for simple activities such as e-mail and photo editing won't be included with Windows 7.

Windows Vista, Microsoft's current flagship operating system, features below-par applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker - all of which have been superseded by the improved Windows Live suite.

Speaking to CNET.com, Microsoft's Brian Hall confirmed that Windows 7 would ship without the aforementioned built-in applications and instead offer users the option of downloading its Windows Live suite. How the deployment will be handled remains unknown, but we feel it's a positive move.

The announcement further highlights Microsoft's strategic shift toward software-and-services solutions, as well as the importance of Windows Live in its future operating systems.

Microsoft is no stranger to anti-trust regulations, and the decision to strip Windows 7 of various applications should provide less headaches for the Redmond giant's legal department.

Earlier this week, Microsoft launched a beta version of its Wave 3 Windows Live suite.



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Good.

Thats a few less things to patch when exploits are found, especially as I'd only be using Live Messenger out of that lot.
Happy here as well. If they can also discount the total cost to make way for the Live One charge I'll be even happier.
kalniel
If they can also discount the total cost to make way for the Live One charge I'll be even happier.
Microsoft Partner Action Pack licences FTW! :)
Sounds good to me. Have to say in all the years I've had XP and Vista I've not loaded Movie Maker even once, and I stopped needing a Mail client a few years back too. In the end, I'd prefer to use the app that I choose rather than the one MS ‘bundle’.

They could go further though. These are other apps that I wouldn't mind MS making free downloadable extras - some of which i do use and others I don't: Media Center, Media Player, Defender, CD Burning Wizard, DVD Maker, Fax and Scan, Contacts, Calendar, Paint.
Charge? Are we talking about something else? I got Windows live and it didn't cost me anything.