Samizdata - 7:43 pm on Feb 25, 2009 (gmt 0)

mac is doing the same thing with safari

Not so - as Mack (with a K) explained:

IE is an integral part of the OS, it is used as the file explorer.

It wasn't always the case, and that is essentially what the dispute is about - the back story is the old "browser wars" of the 1990s and various rulings in the area of monopoly and anti-trust legislation.

I am not taking sides.

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