Re: Windows 95 hoopla

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From: David Connors
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 12:19

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In article <40ha7s$fk5@thetics.europa.com>,
   mbell@atheria.europa.com (Max Bell) wrote:

>I do not think there has been any actual polling to find out how the
>average user feels about Microsoft scanning their system and uploading
>the results.  In any case, the point being made was that the end-user
>will not be the one answering the authorization question on the average
>preloaded system.  I fail to see how you can refer to such an upload as
>"a pretty well accepted industry practice" since this is the first operating
>system to do so.  Given Microsoft's obvious lack of respect for the
>intellectual property of others (Stac, Apple, etc.), fearing it is not
>irrational.  

Something could be said of Commodores lack of respect to Apple for
taking the GUI idea, and in turn, Apple's lack of respect to Xerox's
PARC project.



 Dave Connors                           (dconnors@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au)

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