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"Mozilla boss Harvey Anderson has criticised Microsoft over restrictions imposed on third-party developers within its Windows 8 RT operating system. The platform holder&amp;#039;s own Internet Explorer has been given special privileges for the ARM version of OS, making it the only browser able to run in &amp;#039;Classic&amp;#039; mode.   Microsoft has withheld the application programming interface (API) required to build a browser for Windows 8 RT for third-parties developers such as Mozilla and Google, meaning that there will be no versions of Firefox or Chrome for this edition of the OS.  Anderson slammed the company&amp;#039;s strategy in a blog post, saying that it is reminiscent of the &amp;quot;digital dark ages&amp;quot; when users had little choice over software. &amp;quot;Unfortunately, the upcoming release of Windows for the ARM processor architecture and Microsoft&amp;#039;s browser practices regarding Windows 8 Metro signal an unwelcome return to the digital dark ages where users and developers didn&amp;#039;t have browser choices,&amp;quot; he wrote. The Mozilla General Counsel went on to say that Microsoft&amp;#039;s strategy is evidence that the firm is gradually closing its platform off in a bid to swerve the anti-competition rulings imposed on them in the past. Microsoft will release a preview build of Windows 8 in the first week of June. Watch an introductory video to Windows 8 below: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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