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  Microsoft will switch name on Windows 'lite'
Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: Seattle PI | Posted By: Chris Hedlund

Bowing to objections from European antitrust officials, Microsoft Corp. yesterday scrapped plans to use the name "Windows XP Reduced Media Edition" for the stripped-down version of the operating system that it was ordered to sell in Europe. The name had raised eyebrows among industry analysts who predicted that it would discourage sales of the alternate Windows version. But the company said the name was merely designed to distinguish clearly between the full-fledged operating system and the additional version that the European antitrust ruling requires it to offer. The alternate version comes without Windows Media Player and related functions. The European Commission asked the company to change the name, Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake said yesterday. The company agreed to the request, even though it

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