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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16075)	1/14/1998 10:04:00 AM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (1) of 24154

Reg - What other files should Microsoft give OEMs the option to remove?" asked Holley. "I don't feel comfortable saying," replied Weadock. "I couldn't draw a box around the files that constitute IE." Holley continued his questioning on what specific files Weadock thinks make up Internet Explorer, to no avail. "I can't cite specific C code or give you a list of files that make up IE. Some are shared," said Weadock. Judge Jackson eventually interjected Holley's questioning, saying "the witness has said several times that he cannot do that [say where IE ends and Windows 95 begins], and I think you have tested the limits." Ever seen a Makefile, Reg? Taking IE out of Windows would be easy at compile time, but not so easy at runtime. It would be easy for me to build Irix without, say, the fft library, but once it's built, it would be lots harder to take it out once it's built. The issue here is not what OS stuff IE uses, but what IE stuff the OS uses. The answer has to be little or none. Just look at IE for MacOS or the 'beta' for Solaris for the reason. -justinb

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