From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 3 21:45:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C860B37B41C for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:45:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish ([10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id g345jOr68848; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:45:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <00aa01c1db9b$ebae0a30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: Cc: References: <3CAB6B12.29450.1095803C@localhost> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:45:24 +0200 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 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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