Professor Testifies Windows Is Modular, Separable

circlejtp writes: "Princeton University professor Andrew Appel said in written testimony that modular design is an accepted standard in the industry, and Microsoft has already created a version of Windows for interactive television boxes that has removable functions. The full story can be found on the Tacoma Tribune website." At issue is Microsoft's claim that separating Windows' components would cripple the OS.

Comments

What About KDE?

[citizenc]

I assure you, this isn't flamebait, although some may preceive it as such.

What, exactly, is the difference between the integration of Windows and IE vs the integration of KE and Konqueror?

What is the big deal?

[llzackll]

If microsoft wants to include IE in their OS, let them do it. It's not like they are stopping you from installing Mozilla or any other browser. Quit whining and do something productive.

Re:You know...

[epsalon]

No browser better that IE6?!

Well, IE is technically not a browser at all. To call something a "web browser" it must at least adhere to RFC 2616. Well, MSIE does not. To quote the RFC:

7.2.1 Type
[snip]
Any HTTP/1.1 message containing an entity-body SHOULD include a Content-Type header field defining the media type of that body. If and only if the media type is not given by a Content-Type field, the recipient MAY attempt to guess the media type via inspection of its content and/or the name extension(s) of the URI used to identify the resource. [snipped]

Thus, a browser MUST adhere the Content-Type if it's given.
OK, now load IE and try to visit this site, or this site (warning: browser will crash). Note that the content type of these sites is text/plain and thus the text should simply be displayed on screen.

Therefore, IE6 is not a "web browser" and thus the best browser for the M$Win platform is Mozilla.