![]() Liked this? Then check out TechRadar's exclusive interview: Microsoft talks IE8 Microsoft working with the EU instead of throwing it toys out of the pram The same applies to putting IE in Windows Update: if you can't get your connection running in the first place, IE might as well be on the moon.Ĥ. Putting a Download IE icon on the desktop or sticking it in the Welcome screen to launch an FTP session would again enable Microsoft to ship IE without including it in Windows, but we're not convinced about this one: on a bare install on a new machine, you'd need to get your net connection configured before it would work - and if Internet Explorer is really stripped out of Windows, removing Windows Explorer's online powers, you wouldn't be able to do that. The extra packaging would increase Microsoft's costs and wouldn't be great for the environment, but who cares about polar bears when there's the EU to thumb your corporate nose at? Rather than putting IE in the box, Microsoft could do an AOL and fill computer shops with free Internet Explorer CDs. ![]() Microsoft would be sticking to the letter of its decision rather than the spirit of it, which would be a rather Microsoft thing to do.Ģ. ![]()
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