Steve Ballmer's paranoid fantasies about how many zillions of versions of Windows there would have to be if the States got their way were one way of dealing with the issue of componentisations of Windows, but the deposition of fellow MS exec Jim Allchin seems to have covered the issue in a more rational way. We say "seems to," because material in the deposition transcripts that is deemed to be "company confidential" has been excised, so although it's clear that Allchin was questioned in some detail about componentisation, for some reason what one surmises must have been the answers are too sensitive for general consumption. This seems to go for the generality of subjects covered; whenever it starts getting interesting, the gaps start getting bigger. Still, it takes less time to read white space.
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