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Julian Hall wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: >> But as we know from the EU cases, it is impossible to delete internet >> explorer from current and old versions of Windows. You can delete the >> shortcuts but the symbols and the libraries are "a core part of the >> OS", supposedly. More like lazy programmers who can't be bothered to >> implement a stable API and bone-headed managers who wouldn't recognise >> a package manager if it slapped them in the face. I understood that the spaghetti programming and what I suspect is essential unmaintainability of current WIndows arose by efforts to obscure the fact that IE could like any other program be removed, around the time of certain corut cases in the USA with the federal gov against MS. There were several odd manouvers exposed. -- A -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html