Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:45:24 +0200 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: <fcash@bigfoot.com> Cc: <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <00aa01c1db9b$ebae0a30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <3CAB6B12.29450.1095803C@localhost>
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Freddie writes: > They were trying to write "desktops" that > came with little applet-type things for > business needs ... Like Lotus Notes? How did Lotus manage it, if Microsoft worked against these things? > It wasn't so much that you'd use the browser > for everything, but that the browser would > provide the engine for everything you did. What would be the point? It would just slow everything down, and it would create a single point of failure in one very unreliable piece of software. All that stuff belongs in the OS. > Similar, I guess, to ActiveDesktop and IE > integration in Windows 98+ ... Those were mistakes, too, IMO. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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