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Re: The Browser Wars Online Vote.

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From: Dave Reid
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00
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Man you shouldn't make such stupid statements like those below. 

>This thread is stupid. 

No it is your comment that is stupid, at least have the guts to back up
your comments with your real emailid instead of hiding

>Netscape has the latest stuff. 

IE 3.0 is a technical level of superiority above Netscape. It's OLE
structure sets a new standard others will follow.

>MS is
>full of old people who can't come up with anything new.

Actually it is the Netscape-Sun-Oracle cabal that is old in their thinking.
Their Net PC crapola is a good example of that. An attempt to turn back the
clock to pre-PC days.

>And as far as IE being the best. YEAH! wake up people.

Time will tell the tale, and the consumer will decide.

>At
>least you can configure Netscape and other browsers. IE is preset by
>MS. Why would any ISP want you connecting to MS's site when they can
>have you connect to theirs.

Netscape and Microsoft IE are exactly the same in this regard sonny. 
And both of them allow you set to the start page you want to use.
Man do you actually try somthing before you make statements. 

>In Web terms, MS has violated NETIQUETTE.

I don't think you have any idea what NETIQUETTE is.
Netiqutte means not hiding behind anon id's
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From: reidd@cadvision.com (Dave Reid)
Subject: Re: The Browser Wars Online Vote.
Date: 1996/06/18
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