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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator
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To: Flair who wrote (15151)12/20/1997 1:38:00 AM
From: Bearded One  Read Replies (3) of 24154
 
There's a funny confusion here that I don't think is settled. Namely, why is one piece of code considered part of IE and another piece considered part of the OS?

If I can render IE "invisible" to the user by using the 'uninstall' function, and all the code that Microsoft considers to be 'part of IE' still resides on my disk and is either never used, or is used by the OS for purposes other than internet browsing, then why is all that other code part of IE? Why isn't it just part of the OS or just random useless bits on my hard drive?

Microsoft is trying to show how complicated things are. In reality, the issue is very simple-- if the code is used to bring up IE when the user clicks on an html file, get rid of it unless the code is useful to to the OS for some other purpose.

To use the analogy that MSFT proposed: If the DOJ told GM to allow others to sell their car radio in GM cars, GM couldn't say that if they removed the radio, the engine wouldn't start.
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