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Won't happen, can't happen (not anytime soon anyway!)
Until such time as MS removes I/E (and other toys) from the O/S is the #1 criteria - and pigs might fly!
Many times I've seen advocates of removing I/E from the o/s but, as with other MS app's, the temptation to integrate the item into the o/s is just too strong. It gives the perception that the app is "free" and thus a value added item to the whole (demonstrably untrue - it implements more holes and routes for nefarious exploitation) and secondly, but more importantly to MS, it creates a platform dependency (with I/E it also introduces "standards" that no-one else can, or are meant to be able to, emulate).
Whilst I agree that building a strong, user friendly, GUI onto a solid kernel is the most attractive proposition (for any o/s and application software consumer), in the MS case this would mean re-writing the o/s from scratch. It just ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
Give corporate customers a reason to be able to chop and change the current licensing model (O/S, Office, IIS/Windows Server, DMR controls etc. etc.) by adding whatever periferal systems/apps &/or subsystems/apps "they" need, not those packages that MS says they need and charge for? - methinks not!.
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Internet Explorer - Open Source  rhansen@... | 01/10/05
Won't happen  alterego_z | 01/10/05
Won't happen, can't happen (not anytime soon anyway!)  jezter~ | 01/10/05
"nefarious exploitation" is only a problem.  Anton Philidor | 01/10/05
IE is at the core of the OS  nucrash | 01/10/05
True but False.  vdraken | 01/10/05
IE Is Already In Open Source Community  itanalyst | 01/10/05
People are way over-thinking this  Chad_z | 01/10/05
Correct me if I'm wrong...  Michael Kelly | 01/10/05
Back in the day I use to work for a mom and pop  Laff | 01/10/05
Not about operating systems.  Anton Philidor | 01/10/05
ObQuirk!  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/10/05
Replace "Red Hat with SuSE" and you have something that makes sense  Michael Kelly | 01/10/05
Think about the ISV certifications...  Anton Philidor | 01/10/05
Novell should be just as big a concern to Sun  Michael Kelly | 01/10/05
I Only Use Support As Last Resort  itanalyst | 01/10/05
OEM and proprietary software support...  Michael Kelly | 01/10/05
And the wheel turns again... (Or, nothing is ever new.)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Vanishing services market  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/10/05
I think you make my point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Service Contracts  voska | 01/10/05
That's wild  seosamh_z | 01/10/05
Insightful, Well Thought Out...Good Post....Did I Say That??  itanalyst | 01/10/05
Services never really were aimed at the desktop  Michael Kelly | 01/10/05
If you buy, they will sell.  Anton Philidor | 01/10/05
about staffing  voska | 01/10/05
See: I think you make my point. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/10/05
Easily your best post ever  Mack DaNife | 01/10/05
A good point.  Anton Philidor | 01/10/05
RMS  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/10/05
re RMS  Iain_Peters | 01/10/05
Re: re RMS  Mack DaNife | 01/11/05
Philosophy  seosamh_z | 01/10/05
Secret science  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/10/05
Thoughts  Mack DaNife | 01/11/05
Enough of the back slapping, treat the post with the contempt it deserves  Richard Flude | 01/11/05
Clearification  Mack DaNife | 01/11/05
Link To Famous Debate Online  itanalyst | 01/10/05
As it turned out...  Michael Kelly | 01/10/05
LOL  vdraken | 01/10/05

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