Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Gates Says Court Ruling Could Doom Windows System
The states want Microsoft to sell a version of Windows that allows computer makers to replace the Internet Explorer Web browser and several other components with software produced by rivals. The proposal says the stripped-down Windows must function without degradation.

But that, Mr. Gates said, is like expecting the human body to function without degradation after removing the heart. "There's so much dependency," Mr. Gates said in his second day on the witness stand in Federal District Court. "Every function that depends on the removed code will fail." Because Microsoft could not comply with the restriction, Mr. Gates said that he had concluded it would simply have to stop selling Windows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/technology/24SOFT.html?todaysheadlines

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