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Re: OFF TOPIC: MicroSoft VS DOJ
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Apr 1998 17:11:17 -0400
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> From: Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > "Internet Explorer is an application, not an OS function."
>
> As of Windows/95 and OSR-2, it is no longer an application, but an
intregal
> part of the OS, including it's own set of APIs within the Win32 API.  It
has
> therefore, been integrated into the OS itself, albeit, like other
functions
> within Windows, it can be turned off.
>
> Joe (who is using these APIs in certain projects)

Sure, all utilities can be made part of the OS.  What's next:

Word processing?
Spread Sheets?
Presentation Graphics?

The point is, they DON'Y have to be.

Nick D.

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