[Swordmaker]

You OSS blowhards continually decry "Windows security" for flaws in IE, Outlook, IIS, etc

Seems to me that there is SWORN testimony from Microsoft representatives that Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Windows Operating System.

[Bush2000]

Seems to me that there is SWORN testimony from Microsoft representatives that Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Windows Operating System.

It ain't part of the kernel -- which is the basis for what Linux blowhards to be considered part of "Linux". IE is integrated into the Windows shell. You do know the difference between the shell and the kernel, right?