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"Oh, as the article notes, Windows doesn't ship with Flash installed, either."

Why Microsoft doesn't ship Windows with Flash anymore might have something to do with the fact that they're trying to push Silverlight (even though that's not a standard install either).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverlight#Relationship_to_exi...



Flash had never come in-the-box for Windows, even long before Microsoft had Silverlight.


Not true. Windows XP included Flash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player "Two years later it shipped with all releases of Windows XP."

https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-020... "Vulnerable versions of Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe are included with Windows XP"




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