On 4 Apr 2004 at 23:58, Roy wood wrote:
But that's the hole poin tof this discussion, isn't it? WHY should an internet browser
become part of the system? For me, this is a perfectly identifiable separate application.
The pointer environment is not.
Comparison with modern GUI's like MAC OS 10 is also useful - as the 'pointer environment' is all in the supplied OS. Which helps to also give it a look and feel.
The OS is there, there are some supplied applications for basic purposes - text viewing, graphic viewing, media playing, etc.
Yet applications like Browsers, DTP, Graphics, etc, are not part of what is supplied. Which makes sense, as this keeps the market open for the development of software.
The other problem with 'in-built' facilities is that they will always need upgrading, so the OS will need upgrading - as all users will become discontent. Allowing the software applications to be built on top of the OS allows for easier flexibility - only some users become discontent, are they have a solution in adding newer application versions, or new software entirely.
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