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SOFTWARE: Top 3 Reasons NOT to use MSIE4

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From: Colin R. Leech
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 00:00
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(webmuse@my-dejanews.com) wrote:
>
> <URL: http://www.winzig.com/no_msie4.html>
> 
> My site deals with how Microsoft is using its Internet Explorer 4.0 software
> and MS Windows monopoly to destroy the threat that Java poses. If you are a
> consumer that would rather have competition in the software market, please
> visit my page. I've got a lot of information and facts, including interesting
> quotes from the recent Microsoft lawsuits, such as this one:
> 
>     [I]n an internal e-mail entitled "concerns for our future" to his
>     boss, Group Vice President Paul Maritz, Jim Allchin, explained the
>     reasons for tying Internet Explorer to Windows: "... If you agree
>     that Windows is a huge asset, then it follows quickly that we are
>     not investing sufficiently in finding ways to tie IE and Windows
>     together. ... Memphis [Windows 98] must be a simple upgrade but
>     most importantly it must be killer on OEM shipments so that
>     Netscape never gets a chance on these systems." Exhibit 19 (MS7 005526).
> 
> Inform yourself and those you know: find out what Microsoft is REALLY doing.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Thomas Winzig
> 
> -- 
>  Kate McDonnell, moderator, comp.infosystems.www.announce
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Subject: SOFTWARE: Top 3 Reasons NOT to use MSIE4
Date: 1998/05/26
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