Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 15:52:31 +0100 From: Joshua Fielden <shag@concentric.net> To: Feebrijee <feebrijee@logrus.mv.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft Sillyness Message-ID: <33A00D2F.BC85BD32@concentric.net> References: <1.5.4.32.19970612142300.00706fe4@bort.mv.com>
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Feebrijee wrote: > > While cruising through Microsoft's recently published FAQ on IE for UNIX, I > read this question and the afforementioned monopoly's increadibly outspoken > answer: > > Q: How can Microsoft be confident it can release a 4.0 browser for UNIX > given the difficulties releasing a 3.0 product? > > A: Glad you asked. We invite anyone with questions about our ability to make > up for lost time to consider our track record in delivering a superior Mac > version of Internet Explorer. It has come from behind and now offers a much > better browser than Netscape Navigator or any other Mac browser. Internet > Explorer for Macintosh is not only superior in feature set, but offers > better performance while requiring significantly less memory compared to > Navigator. On the Windows 3.1 platform, we deliver the only browser that > supports a final production version of the Java Virtual Machine. The reason > for our delay on UNIX is so that we can deliver a similarly great 4.0 > product for our UNIX customers. > > The question now seems to be: Which political office is Microsoft's > publicist going for in the 2000 election? > > Cheers! Well, IE for the MAc is WAY more stable than Netscrape, and WAY smaller of a footprint, so it's almost true. :/ JF
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