> From: "Geo." 
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:90928b.524140{at}harborwebs.com...
>> If you wanted dial up TCP with windows 3.x it was trumpet winsock & it's
> ilk.
>> When Windows became "Windows for Workgroups" then it's
raison d'etre was
> that
>> it had networking as part of the OS.
> fine, so are you saying because networking came with the distribution it was
> part of the OS? It was optional in WFWG and has been optional in every
> version of Windows since. How can you consider it part of the OS if it's
> optional?
> Pinball is optional, is it part of the OS?

Apparantly. I would say not but I'm not a MS marketeer. Is it sold as part of the OS?

Check:

www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=7

"Microsoft Download Center: Windows (Security & Updates)"       
                
& use the drop down to choose a Windows variant to see what MS consider part of
windows.

Adam


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