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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (13618)	10/23/1997 11:06:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Boy, poor Microsoft, those dastardly OEMs busting Windows 95 into a million shards by removing the sacred IE icon from the desktop. "We believe that Internet Explorer is an integrated feature of Windows," he said. "We do not believe that computer manufacturers can break apart Windows and choose to ship one part or another. We license Windows to be shipped in its entirety by all computer manufacturers so users have a consistent experience." Oops, they left out the part about the integrity and uniformity of the experience. What was really left out? Q. From the user's perspective, what is the difference between taking the icon off and taking the code off? A. Taking the icon off means that the consumer would have to be a little more savvy and knowledgeable and actually find the application by going through some programs and file folders versus having an icon on the desktop that can just be point and click. (from the infoworld story, infoworld.com So, my reading of the stories was correct, Compaq wasn't deleting IE, they were just ruining the Windows Experience by taking the icon off the desktop. The nerve of those guys. I've managed to find plenty of other ways to have my Windows experience ruined, without looking very hard at all. Cheers, Dan.