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decided to make it that way to force people to upgrade Windows when they wanted to upgrade IE. Not true.

• jessaustin 12y ago
  Umm, you can't just say that. In your estimation, what was the reason for this frustrating decision?
  • cowabunga 12y ago
    COM is the reason.
    • yuhong 12y ago
      More precisely, the way it uses COM.
      • jessaustin 12y ago
        API design is also a human decision-making process, vulnerable to commercial concerns and similar "evil" impulses. I believe that was even spelled out in the consent decree?