Removing IE would kill Win2k, WinXP, MS, says Redmond

Both Windows XP and Windows 2000 will be rendered inoperable, and Microsoft will be unable to develop future new operating systems, if it is forced to separate IE from the operating system, according to court filings the company made on Friday. The US States still fighting Microsoft argue, on the contrary, that separation of this and other matters now ‘integrated’ into the OS is both feasible and necessary