On Friday 08 February 2008 09:57, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
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Be that as it may, there is a huge difference between running an application (or all applications) with administrative privileges and being a part of the kernel. ...
That's what the whole IE-bundling lawsuit was about.
Microsoft's argument was that they indeed do *ON PURPOSE* AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN embed the IE code in the kernel.
When some CS prof demonstrated an IE-less Windows system, MS almost immediately issued an SP bolting IE in so tightly that there would be no repeat performances.
Did they ever disclose the source code that showed IE code in the kernel? If not, why do you believe them when they say it's in the kernel (_if_ they said that)? Making the system inoperable without IE is still far from putting IE in the kernel. There are many ways to do the former. By the way, where can I buy some of these software bolts? I've got some code that keeps coming loose 'cause all I can find is software glue, and apparently it's not impervious to bit rot. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org