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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator
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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16075)1/14/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre  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.

How could anybody know what's in the DLL's code itself without diassembling it first, an act which would violate the all-sacred license agreement? Of course, maybe Microsoft is having as much trouble reading their own source code as they have interpretting court orders.

Personally I have this feeling that with an In-Circuit Emulator and a week to kill I could tell the judge exactly what IE uses at the system level.

Why doesn't the court just order Microsoft to produce the source code and point out the "IE-specific code" in the DLL's? Microsoft has yet to display any proof that IE is "inextricably linked" into Win95. What next, are they going to show that Weadock is a racist and subscribes to MacWorld? Surely, Microsoft can hire more entertaining clowns to defend itself; where's that guy with the buckskin and flair for drama when you need him.

Take it easy,

Norm
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