{"id":1541,"date":"2007-06-20T11:23:53","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T10:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/microsoft-agrees-to-alter-vista\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:53:25","slug":"microsoft-agrees-to-alter-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/microsoft-agrees-to-alter-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft agrees to alter Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Microsoft versus Google\" id=\"image1542\" title=\"Microsoft versus Google\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/06\/microsoft-logo-1.png\" \/>A matter of days after Google complained that Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Vista contained anticompetitive elements, the software giant has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/06\/20\/technology\/20soft.html?_r=2&amp;hp=&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=login&amp;adxnnlx=1182304929-U9QYjDJmKWKeMd0i\/XtUrQ&amp;oref=slogin\">apparently agreed<\/a> to make changes to its OS. It&#8217;s now expected that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will include a patch which changes the way Vista&#8217;s built in desktop search tool works, making it easier for users to install alternative search utilities from other developers (like, say, Google).<\/p>\n<p>Techcrunch has some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2007\/06\/19\/google-stares-down-microsoft-and-wins\/trackback\/\">comment<\/a> on how it&#8217;s odd for Microsoft to apparently &#8220;quit without a fight&#8221;, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunterstrat.com\/news\/2007\/06\/19\/microsoft-to-change-vista-to-satisfy-google-antitrust-complaint\/trackback\/\">David Hunter<\/a> reckons there was a political expedient involved for some of the state attorneys general involved. Either way, it remains to be seen if this decision marks a change in Microsoft&#8217;s Google strategy, or if it&#8217;s no more than a sensible decision aimed at avoiding the hassle and costs of another lengthy court case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A matter of days after Google complained that Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Vista contained anticompetitive elements, the software giant has apparently agreed to make changes to its OS. 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