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From: Steve Thomas
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 00:00

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I Thought some of you might be interested in the review published in the New
Scientist of 17th May 1997.  It is entitled Collected Works and is a review
by Barry Fox of four dial-up networking products for the PC.

Some selected passages ....

"In theory, Dial-Up Networking can be configured to dial any one of several
Internet SP's and then plug them into the Microsoft Internet Explorer
browser.  In practice, the links between Dial-Up Networking and Internet
Explorer are fragile: like chromosomes during cell division they break and
mix, and each new setting may hijack an older one."

"I would not wish the experience of testing several systems on my own worst
enemy.  They fight inside Windows and Dial-Up Networking like ferrets in a
sack.  Then, when one service is dialled, Internet Explorer may display the
greetings page for a rival."

So much for Microsoft and for "Industry Standards".  I'm just glad I use an
Acorn.  :-)

Cheers

Steve

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