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In article <4q5ce2$36ro@elmo.cadvision.com>,
Dave Reid <reidd@cadvision.com> wrote:

>>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.

This is just hand-waving. What on earth does "technical level of
superiority" mean, anyway? As far as OLE is concerned, nobody use it on
the Internet (or anywhere else I have seen) so it is no loss.

>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.

Nobody is going to take away your PC and replace it with a NetPC. They are
just developping a new product that they think is needed in the
marketplace. They may very well be right.

>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.

I know of many people who were baffled by IE's layout when trying to
change their start page. Maybe we should just chalk this one up to
non-intuitive design.

Netscape is just one of a number of companies reaping the benefits of the
astonishing amount of hatred people feel towards Microsoft, much of which
has been promoted by their runaway PR and marketing folks who seem to have
been given a free rein to do anything or say anything to promote
Microsoft's products regardless of ethics or morals. This hatred is a very
real thing and cannot be dismissed by mere hand-waving. It could very well
lead to Microsoft's downfall from the dominant position it now holds in
the industry and is certainly a liability to Microsoft in anything they do
with regards to the Internet.

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