Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 11th Jan 2007 17:05 UTC
Groklaw has an article arguing that Microsoft has not yet complied with the DOJ order that users must be able to remove Internet Explorer from Windows. "So he explained the blue and white screens of death, what a dual boot startup is, commingling code, and then tying or bundling, specifically tying Internet Explorer with the operating system. He explained how you can't use Add/Remove to get IE or Media Player off your hard drive, but that you can use SPAD, 'set program access and defaults', to choose Firefox or another browser as your default browser instead of IE. However, IE remains on your hard drive."
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RE[2]: What about IE Only bits of www.microsoft.com
by dylansmrjones on Fri 12th Jan 2007 02:11
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Member since:2005-10-02
Why that? IE6 is a part of Win2K3. It is just running with a very (obnoxious) high security level.
My Win2K3 has IE7 installed besides K-Meleon and Firefox.
Personally I think relying on one particular browser engine is a major mistake. What Microsoft _should've_ done from the very beginning is: A plugin architecture allowing for several browser engines side by side (this plugin architecture actually exists), with the option of removing any of them. The OS it self should not have any kind of hardcoded dependency on MS HTML (nor a dependency on _any_ browser engine), but none-the-less explorer.exe does have such a dependency (even with IE7).
RE[3]: What about IE Only bits of www.microsoft.com
by stestagg on Fri 12th Jan 2007 15:27
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Well, windows update works from IE (and IE only!!) so I guess that Server 2k3 would have update issues.