Apparently the last iteration of win 7 beta, IE can be uninstalled from the OS. This of course was the main point in the lawsuit, at the time MS said it was impossible to pull it out of the code base of windows. I recall Avie Tevanian was called as an expert witness who said very clearly it could be done. I tend to believe the apple guy at this point.
That aside, it seems that windows has become more componentized in it's nature and only time will tell if this 'feature' of being able to uninstall IE from windows will stick to the final release. To note to those who uninstall it...make sure you download an alternative browser first :) This could be handy to corporations who don't want their users visiting websites while at work, or just want to cut down on the number of updates to their windows base of users. Hopefully it sticks. Mike ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
