I think it was just the Media Player that they had to strip out, not IE. On 6 May 2004, d l wrote: > Internet Exploder is just a warper for those explorer > DLLs. > It don't really do much by itself. Removing those dll will > severly cripples explorer; tree view, side panel, quick > launch and may other things will just dies. > > Media player is just a very simple DirectShow player, > removing it wont impact much on the system IMO. (Removing > those associated dshow filters will, however) > > --- lwj <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!'(B > > > (these > > > "features" are now so deeply integrated in the OS > > that you cant remove > > > it without destroying half of the system..I wonder > > if they put the html > > > rendering engine of IE in the windows kernel....). > > > > Don't fall for this M$ propaganda. IE, Media Player > > and the rest are > > JUST Windows applications. They can be removed. The > > *only* thing that > > *might* suffer is the on-line help if it uses HTML > > or video. These > > features could just as easily use another browser or > > player as long as > > M$ documents the interface they use. > > > > In fact, I believe that they are required to offer a > > stripped version of > > Windows for OEMs in Europe (or somewhere) because of > > a court case they > > just lost. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
