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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire
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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (1108)6/1/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: Robert Winchell  Read Replies (2) of 1600
 
So the OS CAN exist w/o the browser, contrary to BG's claims?

You can stop the explorer process and the OS runs along fine. You just don't have any desktop user interface at all (Start Menu, Desktop, etc. are gone). System services and running applications are not affected (unless they were using Explorer at the time).

So, Gates' claims are correct - the basic functionality of the OS is changed without Explorer (if you consider desktop UI base functionality).
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