Conflicts
One of Microsoft's arguments during the United States v. Microsoft trial was that removing Internet Explorer from Windows may result in system instability. At least one commentator supported this argument, and noted that removing Internet Explorer would also disable Windows Update, leaving the user without vital security updates to the operating system. Almost all Windows Updates can be downloaded from Microsoft's homepage independent of the operating system or web browser used.
When removing Internet Explorer prior to Windows installation using nLite, there is a distinction between removing Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer Core. If the latter is not removed, core components needed for displaying HTML help files and other operating system tasks are not removed, but the web browser is removed from the system.
While the dominant market position of Windows and Internet Explorer may cause these arguments to appear insubstantial, this arrangement is not unique to Windows. Safari, the default browser on Mac OS X, is similarly integrated into the operating system. While it is possible to delete the application itself without problem, Safari is in fact merely a front-end for Apple's open source WebKit framework, which is heavily integrated into the operating system and cannot be removed. However, certain other browsers available for use on the operating system are also built on WebKit, and WebKit can also be used in other operating systems. By contrast, the closed source Internet Explorer core can only be utilized by Internet Explorer, as well as Internet Explorer shells, in Windows.
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