IP: Impossible?

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

-----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....'
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> 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

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