From: Jeff Shultz 

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:45:35 -0500, Geo. wrote:

> "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.03.06.03.00.43.676412{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
>
>> I don't consider IE, OE and IIS to be of equal standing. For one thing,
>> I believe you can install W2Kserver without installing IIS... I know you
>> can't install it without IE and I suspect OE comes along for the ride as
>> well. Thus IE (and probably OE) can be considered part of the OS.
>>
>> IIS is an App. A very tightly integrated App, but an App nonetheless.
>
> Ok so now an install option determines if it's part of the OS or not? So
> tcp/ip is not part of the OS?
>
> Geo.

Not necessarily. Since the computer will be allowed to run without it being
installed, I'd say no. It's a collection of Networking Apps and drivers
(ah, a new category!).

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