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David Schwartz writes:
 >     But Windows will not work without at least some parts of IE. Really, it
 > won't. OEM SR2 requires parts of IE to function. And not just to access the
 > WWW.

No.  It requires part of a piece of software which has a proprietary
(unpublished) interface.  That software need not be IE.

But you know, this whole thing is brought about because Microsoft
agreed to something in its settlement with the DOJ.  Doesn't matter if
it's bundling or integration, WHATEVER.  Microsoft said they wouldn't
do it, and now they are doing it.  Jesus said "Let thy yeas be yeas
and thy nays be nays."  Agreements are a necessary part of polite
society.

 >     The only possible alteration is to keep the IE core functionality while
 > hiding from the user the fact that it's there. This is what Microsoft has
 > now been bludgeoned into doing.

Well duh, David, that SURE reflects a certain lack of imagination on
your part.  "Only possible" indeed.  I just refuted you in the first
(well, okay, second) sentence I wrote.

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