At 01:29 PM 2/15/2002, Patrik Stridvall wrote: >Somehow you seem to believe that all reasonable business models >will strictly following DLL boundaries, but you have given. >absolutely no proof of this, you just assume it. > >Face it the design of the Windows API are a terrible mess that >doesn't follow DLL boundaries.
Patrik: Very true. In fact, Microsoft has intentionally scattered functions among DLLs in an illogical fashion so it can make the deceptive argument, in court, that add-ons like Internet Explorer are inseparable from Windows. They want to be able to say, "See, Your Honor? I removed this MSIE DLL from Windows, and now the system won't boot! That's proof that the two are one product." --Brett
