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Here's an article by George L. Priest at TechCentralStation. While I don't think much of the EU's decision on Microsoft(The EU recently fined them somewhere around half-a-billion dollars/Euros? and ordered them to create a version of Windows without Media player), I think that George doesn't understand programming. I don't see how removing the Media Player application will "cripple" windows. Here is the author's key quote:
The "thousands of lines" would not be located in window's media player, but would be part of DLL's that Microsoft has built into the OS. Just because Media player uses these libraries, doesn't mean that they are "part" of the program. Just as the libraries that help draw the windows, display the fonts, and select the colors aren't part of media player, but they are used by media player's main program to run the application. In other words, the part of Media Player that would have to be removed is a "discrete piece of software."
In other news, here's an article on how Microsoft is having to work harder to get companies to upgrade to XP. My own company seems to be getting ready to upgrade, but I'm still on 2000 Pro.
Finally, I have a PC question for anyone reading this(Scott). Is it possible to access a printer shared on a home PC in peer-to-peer workgroup from a machine(my work laptop) that is set up to connect to a company domain. When I was on windows 98, I could change the domain and my network setting(from login to domain to peer-to-peer) and use my home printer and share files etc. Now, I have to us an FTP server on my home machine and a client on the laptop to move files. And if I wan't to print at home I have to move the file via ftp, then print from the home machine. Any help here would be appreciated.
Windows Media Player -- like any of a dozen other Windows features -- is not a discrete piece of software that can be attached or removed like the bumper of a car. It is thousands of lines of instruction woven through Windows that serve multiple functions. Removing Windows Media Player -- in contrast to just hiding it from users' eyes -- would thus make some software run poorly on Windows, and even render some software useless.
The "thousands of lines" would not be located in window's media player, but would be part of DLL's that Microsoft has built into the OS. Just because Media player uses these libraries, doesn't mean that they are "part" of the program. Just as the libraries that help draw the windows, display the fonts, and select the colors aren't part of media player, but they are used by media player's main program to run the application. In other words, the part of Media Player that would have to be removed is a "discrete piece of software."
In other news, here's an article on how Microsoft is having to work harder to get companies to upgrade to XP. My own company seems to be getting ready to upgrade, but I'm still on 2000 Pro.
Finally, I have a PC question for anyone reading this(Scott). Is it possible to access a printer shared on a home PC in peer-to-peer workgroup from a machine(my work laptop) that is set up to connect to a company domain. When I was on windows 98, I could change the domain and my network setting(from login to domain to peer-to-peer) and use my home printer and share files etc. Now, I have to us an FTP server on my home machine and a client on the laptop to move files. And if I wan't to print at home I have to move the file via ftp, then print from the home machine. Any help here would be appreciated.
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