Microsoft putting their store on "start" menu

Some may consider this an abuse of their dominant position in operating systems, but Joris Evers tells the IDG News Service that Microsoft "is working on a new shopping Web site for software, hardware, and peripherals that it plans to advertise in the Windows XP Start Menu and the Internet Explorer Web browser. Called 'Windows Marketplace,' the Web site is slated to go live for US Windows users by year's end, according to Microsoft... The link in Internet Explorer will be made through Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is expected out in the coming weeks... Windows Marketplace is a US-only initiative for now, however plans for international expansion are in the works, the spokesman said."