Yahoo! News - Microsoft Will Rename Windows XP Reduced

I have to say, the intended name might have been seen as strategic, but was clearly a slap back at the EU. It could just be called something long and descriptive like "Windows XP - European Union Basic Edition - Without Windows Media Player Edition". Perhaps casting the words European Union Basic Edition in there would have leveraged national pride as an effective cause to purchase Windows XP - Germany, instead.

The more interesting question is what the price difference will be between the versions with and without WMP.