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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. Konqueror is neither by brunes69 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Konqueror is not a file manager or a web browser, in the strictest sense. Konqueror is just a container that runs KParts. That's all. There is a file management KPart, and a Web Browsing KPart, which is what most people use by far. But really konqueror is just a shell that loads whatever you want it to. The KHTML KPart is no more 'integrated' into KDE or the OS than the PDF KPart is, or the MPlayer KPart.

  2. Wow. by baudbarf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Didn't they just tie Windows explorer and Internet Explorer together so they'd win that antitrust battle?

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