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IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the long-overdue dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Security experts warned Microsoft 10 years ago that putting IE as a component of Windows Explorer was a bad idea, looks like Microsoft finally decided to listen to the advice. According to a short write up in Business Week, Microsoft has decided that when IE7 comes out with Vista it will no longer be a component of Windows Explorer and will be able to replace IE6 even on XP machines."

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  1. Re:OMG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just those Linux people not using KDE.

  2. IE Sucks by nevernamed · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    IE Sucks period. All Microsoft does is steal other people's ideas and make them closed source. The thing that own3s about firefox is the extensions and themes. None of that for IE7. Screw IE7 and Microsoft with their plagiaristic and monopolstic procedures.