95, IE Are Separate Products

[Charles Behney <charlesaugust@theriver.com>]

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/msftdoj/TWB19980122S0013

> Windows 95, IE Are Separate Products, Test
>                  Says
>                  (01/22/98; 4:45 p.m. EST)
>                  By John Yacono, Computer Reseller News 
> 
>                  Are Internet Explorer and Windows 95 so
>                  intertwined that they should be considered a single
>                  product? Not according to an examination by the
>                  Computer Reseller News Test Center.
> 
>                  Although Microsoft and the Department of Justice
>                  settled some of their differences earlier today,
>                  Microsoft's claim that the version of IE bundled in
>                  the Win 95 OEM Service Release 2 is irrevocably
>                  intertwined with the OS is contradicted by
>                  evidence provided by none other than Microsoft
>                  itself.

snip
> Microsoft itself is aware of the separation
>                  of the browser and the operating system. This is
>                  contained in an article from the free but
>                  membership-required Microsoft Knowledge Base.
>                  The item describes how to modify a registry entry
>                  so that INFINST.EXE can be invoked from the
>                  Add/Remove Programs applet in Control Panel.
>                  That applet controls the addition and removal of
>                  applications, not operating-system components,
>                  making IE 3.0 an application by implication.
.......

But the implementations continue with WIN98:

Microsoft says antitrust impact on Win 98 unclear

http://www.internetnews.com/Reuters/antitrust.html

>    Jackson could ultimately dismiss the antitrust charges or require Microsoft to separate entirely licensing of Windows and Internet
> Explorer. 
>      It would likely be more difficult for the company to separate Internet Explorer from Windows 98 than from Windows 
> 95because the two products will share more software code.    


Microsoft will end run today's DOJ agreement with WIN98/IE4, and this
storyline will likely be repeated.... I wonder where the DR-DOS lawsuit
against McSoft is on the docket? 

CAB
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