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IP: Impossible?
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 06:54:57 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: Kai Lui <kai () kailui com> Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 06:23:29 To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Re: IP: Impossible? on 4/29/02 10:42 AM, David Farber at dfarber () earthlink net wrote:
'MS says impossible to remove IE without breaking Windows....' All last week the handsomely paid executives asserted once more (under oath!) that Internet Explorer, for example, CANNOT BE REMOVED from Windows without causing disaster. This, however, is a crock.
Looks like the States are about to demonstrate how big a crock MS's claim is: Judge Allows Windows Demo, Blow to Microsoft U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Tuesday said she would allow nine states next week to have a computer expert present a version of Windows developed using Microsoft's own technology. <snip> Virginia-based computer testing consultant, James Bach, has built his modular version of Windows using Windows XP Embedded, a commercial version of Windows designed for specialty devices such as cash registers and automatic teller machines. Bach will testify that his modular version of Windows turned out "robust and reliable," Kollar-Kotelly said, citing a submission from the states. More here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020507/tc_nm/microsoft_d c_299 For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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