Gruber:

They might as well name it “Windows 7: We Hold You in Contempt and Dare You, Fucking Dare You, to Try Something Else Edition”.

And more,

UPDATE: DF reader Michael Tofias, via email: “Worse yet for Microsoft, doesn’t this encourage the browser to be the OS?” Exactly. How is it in Microsoft’s interest to discourage users from using Windows-specific apps and instead use web apps?

There is a similar restriction on Vista Starter Edition, except that it was intended for second-world developing markets, and you won’t ever find one in the first world. With this now, Microsoft is actually going to try pushing this shit on their primary markets.