kurt wismer wrote:
> Andy Walker wrote:
> [snip]
>> The funny thing is, I watched it on my Vista Business laptop, and it
>> did not download the Silverlight add-in but instead asked me "do you
>> want to activate Silverlight". It appears that M$ must have added
>> Silverlight in one of its automatic updates (I allow automatic update
>> and installation on that particular machine). I've been closing that
>> annoying pop-up on the M$ site for what seems like months to avoid
>> loading it and don't have any intention of loading it on any of my
>> other Windows machines.
>
> hmmm... kinda reminds me of the recent controversy over apple shoving
> safari down the throats of people updating itunes or quicktime...
>
> i'm sure microsoft would say it's an integral part of the operating
> system, though...
>

Well, at least you don't have yto d/l Safari when you update iTunes.

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wolf k.