It doesn't really use IE, it uses a browser component that happens to be the same as used by IE. Is that IE? If you transplant my heart into another person, is that me anymore?

I don't think government can order Microsoft to leave out a built-in HTML browser component, any more than the government can order MS to leave out a search engine component, or leave out font support, or the ability to use a mouse or speakers, or the ability to view a JPG image.

But - whatever. I'm sure the users in the EU will sort it out. The future is that most applications will be linked with web-based technologies. That's not the same as saying it must be connected to the Internet. I just mean that Flash is not only for Internet apps anymore, and HTML is not just for Internet documents anymore.

Any PC that doesn't come with a way to run Flash or view an HTML document will be like buying a TV without a tuner in it - that's called a monitor, not a TV and you have to buy something else to watch TV on it.

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