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295558 2004-11-24 00:59:00 DRM will be in full flight also I assume but labelled as some sort of security technology ;)

This is only the beginning...
HadO (796)
295559 2004-11-24 01:01:00 > hmmm...The direction MS are heading is to "blur" the
> line between desktop and internet,Internet explorer
> and explorer will be one and the same
Ummm IE and explorer are already one and the same, type a web address into explorer and you'll get that site. That the reason its so hard to fully remove IE. windows=explorer=IE :(
Pete O'Neil (250)
295560 2004-11-24 01:02:00 if long horn trys to restrict my cpu ill simply install linux sam_baird2003 (5464)
295561 2004-11-24 01:03:00 > > hmmm...The direction MS are heading is to "blur"
> the
> > line between desktop and internet,Internet
> explorer
> > and explorer will be one and the same
> Ummm IE and explorer are already one and the same,
> type a web address into explorer and you'll get that
> site. That the reason its so hard to fully remove IE.
> windows=explorer=IE :(

This began way back with the "ground-breaking" IE4...
HadO (796)
295562 2004-11-24 01:10:00 > > hmmm...The direction MS are heading is to "blur"
> the
> > line between desktop and internet,Internet
> explorer
> > and explorer will be one and the same
> Ummm IE and explorer are already one and the same,
> type a web address into explorer and you'll get that
> site. That the reason its so hard to fully remove IE.
> windows=explorer=IE :(



Well yeah,but they are inteding to expand on that by a large margin....to the point most users won't know what is on their pc and what is accssed via the net...
metla (154)
295563 2004-11-24 01:16:00 You are not going to be able to update to IE7 with 2k or XP because it is going to be even more tied to the OS (LongWait). So to upgrade to it you will have to upgrade the OS and more than likely the hardware too. mikebartnz (21)
295564 2004-11-24 01:22:00 Stuff that...

Hopefully the game studios will not get on this bs bandwagon - I hope games will continue to be made backwards compatible with older OS' - I'm quite happy with Win2000 & XP thanks...

Although Doom3 was a concern - 2K/XP support only? Did they ever change that?
HadO (796)
295565 2004-11-24 01:31:00 There is a work around to get D3 installed onto Win98.

If more commercial apps and games get ported to Linux then their may be hope yet........Although most fully suport MS and their plans to restrict users to what MS wants us to do.
metla (154)
295566 2004-11-24 01:40:00 > Well yeah,but they are inteding to expand on that by a large margin....to the point most users won't know what is on their pc and what is accssed via the net...

.... and this seemless integration is a bad thing? As broadband gets faster and faster surely that's what the average consumer wants, isn't it?
flotus (6370)
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