Re: Bill Gates sucks

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1 total messages Started by Steve Howie Tue, 02 Apr 1996 14:38

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Author: Steve Howie
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 14:38

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Craig W. Boulton (cboulton@smartlink.com) wrote:
: >no, he is correct, Internet Explorer is simply a modified version of
: >Mosiac--the core code is not Microsoft's at all, but created by the NSCA
: >team. This should not come as a suprise to anyone, cosidering microsoft's
: >history of bastardizing and bawdlerzing existng software to its own
: >perverted ends. See the "get info" box for details, then hang your head
: >with the proper amount of shame.
: 

Yep MS at least acknowledged where the code came from originally.

: It's not like they try to hide it, Michael. It's in the about box, you
: know. What surprises me is that someone was so misinformed as to claim
: explorer is based on Netscape. Personally, I am glad MS is improving
: Mosaic. Spry was certainly doing a piss poor job of it. Last I heard

Well, the beta of MSIE I used was garbage. I've yet to find a Web Browser 
which runs under Windoze without crashing. I found Mosaic is the best in 
this respect, plus it doesn't have all the excess baggage which Netscape 
is lumbered with.

Scotty
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