IE browsing local files

[Mike Hearn]

Hi all,

When entering a local address, for instance "C:" into the IE address
bar, it dies with a crash somewhere inside comctrl32 (it seems). Is this
because it tries to engage the Explorer view COM object, and that isn't
present in Wine?

Also, a bit OT this one, but I've been told that the MS EULA in Office
XP forbids running it on anything other than Windows. Is this true, and
if so, is it legal for them to say this?

thanks -mike

[Luís Marques]

Mike Hearn wrote:
> Also, a bit OT this one, but I've been told that the MS EULA
> in Office XP forbids running it on anything other than 
> Windows. Is this true, and if so, is it legal for them to say this?

Microsoft was convicted a monopoly. AFAIK, according to the Sherman Act,
Microsoft is not allowed to restrict their products to another of which
they detain a monopoly. Thus they cannot restrict Office XP to Windows.

Luís Marques