Well said Rick.

>If they refuse to install it - screw 'em. If you're building an application
>that uses IE and they refuse, well, then somebody made a bonehead call to
>develop the app that way in the first place.
>
>I'm really tired of that argument by some IS type going - 'we're not instaling
>IE because it's MS. We'll go to Linux too in a couple of months. And run on
>Oracle platform and spend millions of dollars where Win would've dnoe it wiht
>10k. hu,hu,hu.'
>
>IE is much more than a browser and that's primarily why it's part of the OS.
>The benefits of browser integration into applications alone should make
>anybody needs an application discard that flawed attitude above. Maybe if
>NS (or who else?) provided actual support for this type of integration with
>their products there might be a point to argue, but when's the last time
>a NS browser was embedded in your app?
>
>If they've standardized on another browser, fine - IE can live just fine with
>another browser. The Redistribution kit from MS lets you install the IE
>subsystem without actually exposing a browser link anyway or making it the
>default browser.
>
>DCOM can be installed with IE on Win9x. NT doesn't need any runtimes since
>it's part of the OS. Win98 also installs DCOM by default.