Re: Haloween I and IE 5

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris@ican.net>]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Case Roole wrote:

>> The halloween (I) memo (www.opensource.com/haloween1.html) seems to
>> indicate that M$ is developing IE5 (search for "IE5+").  I thought there
>> was no more IE, it was integrated into the OS.  
>> 
>> Or is the author just not high enough of an engineer to know that...
>
>See the DOJ's exhibit 1109 (http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f2000/1109.pdf)
>on a Microsoft memo regarding the positioning of IE5. The thingy just 
>into beta2.
>
>Just a phrase: although Windows can't work without an integrated IE, IE can
>work without the rest of Windows.

Really?  So, I could create a partition with FDISK, and then put
the IE CD into the CDROM, and boot off the CD, which would
install IE onto the unformatted partition?  Once rebooting, I'd
find a new entry on my System Commander menu called "Internet
Explorer"?

Hmm.  That is interesting indeed.  I didn't know that IE could
run without Windows being installed.  I'll have to try that.

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