Re:IE-less W2K = Probably impossible (Score 1)

Win2K uses explorer.exe and the underlying libraries for just about everything. I think it's actually a smart move because it allows them to concentrate all of their efforts on one display engine. As much as we all might hate M$, anyone who has used all the browsers out there will tell you that IE's rendering engine is the fastest out there. For them to remove it from the OS would be tough, although perhaps hiding it would be easy enough. But personally, on this one I don't think Don or the judge get it. Having an integrated browser can be kinda nice, as anyone who uses KDE knows. Are the Fed's going to screw KDE development too? Don't laugh, it could happen. Additionally, the judge's assertion that IE integration added nothing to the OS and just introduced bugs was the same argument many UNIX and DOS users made about GUI's years ago. There are very few computer users today, however, that would say that an integrated GUI is just a buggy, useless feature that shouldn't be part of an OS (no, I'm saying normal computer users, not the dotheads on this site :). I think it's important to realize that while M$ makes all of us sick, have any of us been able to stand the government lawyers any better? The US government always makes the argument that it is doing things in the interest of the people when it screws us all. This gives them plenty of excuse to screw up the computer industry that we all love. It's always good to have a healthy fear of the government.