Declawing Windows: Impossible?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday March 31, 2002 @01:59AM from the king-has-decreed dept.

hyrdra writes: "This story on CNN seems to indicate the intentions of the nine remaining states in the ongoing anti-trust case against Microsoft: to produce a stripped down version of Windows that will allow 3rd party vendors to insert components such as browsers, media players, and IM clients. While this may not be news, Microsoft's defense is. Microsoft defends the solution by remarking Windows was not designed to be a modular system, and the current operating system is highly dependant on core technologies like IE and Windows Media Player. Removing them would result in a slower, much-less user friendly Windows that would be a support nightmare."

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Re:DAY 5 OF SLASHDOT ROTO BLACKOUT by GauteL · 2002-03-31 02:20 · Score: 1, Offtopic

It is not open source. It is shared source, with a very restrictive license.
Re:I am confused... by Prior+Restraint · 2002-03-31 03:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Troll?! WTF?

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