On Sat, 20 May 2000, Yatsen Ng wrote: yn> yn> > Responding to Microsoft's suggested remedy in its yn> > antitrust case, the U.S. Department of Justice said the yn> > software company's proposal 'would leave it free to yn> > continue' illegal anticompetitive behavior. yn> yn> I found the following part particularly amusing - ESPECIALLY the part about the yn> hidden icon!: yn> yn> Microsoft asked Jackson to reject the U.S. government's yn> "radical request" to break up the company. Instead, the software giant yn> proposed a set of behavioral restrictions, including placing limits on the yn> way it deals with its Windows customers and offering a version of its yn> Windows operating system that hides the icon for Microsoft's Internet yn> Explorer Web browser yn> Oh yeah, they'll hide it no problem, but any time you do any modification ie: install additional MS software it will reassociate IE with all web based content, thus trying to get you to use it anyway, thats what they do now. Hell, it even happens with software from outside sources, like AutoDesk, some of their help tools only support IE thus when you install it you have to install IE as well which again, reassociates everything with IE. yn> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/