From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:

> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:40376c66$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>
>>Anyway, to be serious it doesn't break things as much as removing IE.  OE,
>>Messenger, and WMP are minor bit players that don't break anything serious
>>by removing them, but there's just to much tied into the HTML rendering
>>engine for a normal desktop user.
>
>
> this is true but it's just a matter of time till Linux becomes as
> "integrated" as windows. Now they are starting to standardize on a GUI
> shell, then more stuff starts to depend on that specific shell being
> installed, then they standardize on a browser, you know how it goes. It's a
> natural progression for any modern OS.
>

Ummm no. Simply not so. In fact there are if anything more browsers &
GUI shells than there were.

Adam

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