This fact, apparently has confused the DoJ, who was taking a separate product view for legal reasons anyway. Since the web is basically a collection of files on remote servers, certain browser components, including the one mentioned directly by the DoJ, do certain general file retrieval functions, i.e. common system functions, as well as certain browser functions. This modular design is partly due to the enormous expense in person years to create and update software. And its implications in the area of interchangeable software parts are enormous as we shall see. However, unless the app developer provides all the minimum set, a new version of Win95 stripped of these components will not work.
Technological analysis being skewed by a separate product legal argument creates a confusing text.
Of course, when Microsoft pulled all the code of IE sold at retail and Win95 failed without these components installed, the DoJ was not so bold as to carry out its boast of asking application developers to simply supply to missing components. Java is such an elemental, everyday metaphor, yet portending so much high tech that Java is practically synonymous with innovation. All rights reserved . Email us , but no confidential info please. Use at your own risk after consulting with professional advisors.