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To: ed who wrote (11873)	10/28/1998 4:09:00 AM
From: stak	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

ed, I read your post over a couple of times . It baffles me. I think the analogy is a poor one. Are you suggesting car makers should integrate the air conditioner and then give it away for free? Just as Microsoft has done with Explorer??? BTW I think that'd be a great thing for consumers if the price could be keptr the same or just slightly raised.

To: ed who wrote (11873)	10/28/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: Pink Minion	Respond to of 74651

If you think the air conditions should not be integrated into a car, then can you tell me why the IE should not be integrated into the OS either. Not that I really want to waste my time, but the main reason is if IE crashes it will crash the OS. The whole point of an Operating System is that it OPERATES. Why don't car makers integrate the gas tank with the engine? Because it will probably blow up. For any of you who still don't know what an application is. Anything that runs AFTER your system boots up is an application. This is what a OS does - it runs your applications. In case you all haven't figured it out, the DOJ case is not about IE integration with the OS. It is about a monopoly using that power to compete and destroy innovation. Monopolies don't want innovation because is threatens their cash cow. Why can't they compete on the quality of their product rather than non-compete contracts? All you clowns who are using the Internet right at this exact moment are benefiting from innovation that Microsoft would have like to prevent. Back in 1994, they thought the Internet was MSN. They couldn't wait to charge your ass by the minute. The only reason they integrated IE was to get by the consent decree. Kind of like a little kid trying to get out of a lie. Mr. B

To: ed who wrote (11873)	10/28/1998 10:58:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 74651

Jeez, ed, how many times do we have to go through the much dreaded automotive analogy? And why did it always use to be the Chrysler car radio anyway? Legally, it doesn't much matter that I can see. Has anybody ever come up with an answer as to how IE is integrated any differently than Office? Bunch of DLL's? That question was scrupulously avoided in the original consent decree hearings. Just another one of the 8500+ Windows APIs, I guess. To the extent that IE isn't application code, I'd say it's bad software engineering, as Toy says, the technology formerly known as the browser shouldn't be able to crash your OS. That assumes the "sucks less" side has some standing on the "what the customers want" front, of course. An unfair assumption, I know. Cheers, Dan.