More fun: VB install forces IE install

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

Yet more fun while installing VB. During the installation, any user who
does not have Internet Explorer installed is presented with a dialogue box
which says:

"The Installation Wizard has detected an out of date version of Internet
Explorer. Visual Studio comes with the latest version of Internet Explorer
4.01. This updated version of Internet Explorer 4.01 is an essential
component of Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition and installation is
required."

The "Next" button refuses to work unless you agree to install Internet
Explorer.

What's especially ironic, however, is that the message claims that IE 4.01
is a component of VB. Microsoft has been claiming, in court, that it's a
part of Windows. Well, Mr. Bill.... Which is it? Perhaps this question
should be posed by the DoJ in the pending court case.

--Brett Glass