Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-11 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday 10 Jul 2009, Nathan Baum wrote: On 10/07/09 14:40, Terry Coles wrote: Presumably, the developers of W7 have managed to separate the browser from the OS, so that MS can 'offer' this. Whether or not the dangerous parts will really be removed, and not just the entry in the Programs

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-11 Thread Nathan Baum
On 11/07/09 09:11, Terry Coles wrote: On Friday 10 Jul 2009, Nathan Baum wrote: On 10/07/09 14:40, Terry Coles wrote: Presumably, the developers of W7 have managed to separate the browser from the OS, so that MS can 'offer' this. Whether or not the dangerous parts will really be

[Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Sean Gibbins
I receive newsletters from Technet from time to time, which I scan to see what's occurring in the world of Windows. This morning's effort kicks off with the following question from Alexandria Ball, the author of the email: You may have seen in the news a few weeks back that, in order for Europe

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Sean- Windows is successful, so it is a target for the Brussels parasites. If Linux was as successful, it would be hobbled as well, by hook or by crook, mainly crook. Simon O Sean Gibbins wrote: I receive newsletters from Technet from time to time, which I scan to see what's occurring in the

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Martin Settle
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 12:35 +0100, Sean Gibbins wrote: You may have seen in the news a few weeks back that, in order for Europe to get Windows 7 at the same time as the global launch on 22 October, Windows 7 will have to be shipped without Internet Explorer. So, when you buy a new computer,

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Sean Gibbins
Simon O'Riordan wrote: Sean- Windows is successful, so it is a target for the Brussels parasites. If Linux was as successful, it would be hobbled as well, by hook or by crook, mainly crook. It would be churlish to deny Microsoft's success was not due in part to innovation and clever

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Simon O'Riordan
I'm guessing this is the first OS since 95 that can have IE uninstalled. They might put free discs in newsagents with IE on, or in PC World etc. Or by order only. Anti-trust is such a crock. In the forties, after Alcan produced so much aluminium that the allies won the war, the anti-trust

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Nathan Baum
On 10/07/09 14:40, Terry Coles wrote: Presumably, the developers of W7 have managed to separate the browser from the OS, so that MS can 'offer' this. Whether or not the dangerous parts will really be removed, and not just the entry in the Programs menu, has been the subject of some debate