From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 20 13:39:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20655 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 13:39:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vixa.voyager.net (vixa.voyager.net [198.109.136.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20122 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 13:37:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kib@poboxes.com) Received: from kib ([209.153.178.194]) by vixa.voyager.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA01872; Wed, 20 May 1998 16:36:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <020c01bd842d$14944ce0$023aa8c0@kib.kib.net> Reply-To: "Jason" From: "Jason" To: "Wes Peters" , "Atipa" Cc: Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 16:22:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Now that I've vented my spleen all over Kevin, I'll refute directly >a couple of the points he is mistaken on: > >Atipa wrote: >> * That Microsoft disable their browser, and _all_available_means > >Nope, wrong. What they asked for is that the browser component, since it is >an application, be installed separately. They can put it on the CD-ROM, they >can install all of the DLLs, they just can't stick their browser on your >system when you just asked to install the operating system. And whats the harm of preinstalling IE? some version of IE has been there since win95 first came out! >> * If MS does include a browser, they must also provide all >> competing products as well. Can you say horse? That is > >If they're going to provide a 'free' browser, they must provide copies of all >free browsers, or at least a reasonable selection, on the distribution media. >Again, they're protecting the consumers right to choose. Not doing thins doesn't take away choice....the OEMs or even the cunsumer can get ANY one they want and install it! Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message