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OS is critical, web browser is a nice to have
ALL current web browsers depend upon an OS. Without an OS, a web browser is useless, but you can use an OS without a web browser. Which one is CRITICAL is obvious.

MS has been imbedding web technology into its OSs for a while. I think it is one of the few that really took web technology to its heart. If fact with XP, IE patches included patches to a lot of core OS functions, mitigating many explicit XP patches. This may have given the impression that XP was more stable all along than it really was. IE is just a fancy container into which a HTML renderer is loaded by default. It can also hold any of the MS Office apps or whatever.

Of course, not all applications need a web browser. Web technologies may well interfere by putting in too many extra layers of processing.
Posted by: Patanjali   Posted on: 12/15/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Just like OS X. [nt]  olePigeon | 12/15/08
except it is compatible  boberuski | 12/16/08
"just like OS X"... and  MacCanuck | 12/15/08
except it is prettier  boberuski | 12/16/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  lambert54@... | 12/15/08
They need to look into Version Hierarchies  tundal45-22232837822470848657615202883585 | 12/15/08
"rethinking the architecture..."  bricar2 | 12/15/08
Why not a lean EAL7 compliant kernel?  Patanjali | 12/15/08
Yeah, it'd be better, but still locked down by microsoft...  Predator106 | 12/16/08
Will this be the new XP?  sbass@... | 12/15/08
Taste just like chicken  lancer308@... | 12/15/08
Doom-sayers abound  Patanjali | 12/15/08
I love Desktop customisation  hebertobarrios@... | 12/15/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  g.dawson@... | 12/15/08
Not secure if it is not verifiable easily  Patanjali | 12/15/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  rinuxl | 12/15/08
OS is critical, web browser is a nice to have  Patanjali | 12/15/08
looks like vista to me - anyone notice any difference?  stevey_d | 12/15/08
Sounds faster and smoother  Patanjali | 12/15/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  borillion_star | 12/15/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  ashwin_mv@... | 12/15/08
MS is an infrastructure company  Patanjali | 12/16/08
Windows 7  ashwin_mv@... | 12/15/08
hype  billw1234 | 12/16/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  Sir_bobbyuk | 12/17/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  jeacott | 12/22/08
RE: Windows 7 (Build 6965) (Windows 7 (Build 6965): opened up to the world)  azlizird | 12/22/08

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