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Roger, You have a good point, maybe Netscape 4 works better on some sites. I only used it for a couple of hours at the sites I regularly visit. I'll give it a go for a week or so and then see what happens.
Like you, I despise MSFT monopolies and strategies. My feeling of disgust started when I had upgraded to Dos 4 upon release, only to find it laced with cyber poison. I didn't like paying for Dos 4 and then having to reload 3.3. Dos 5 was quite a relief and I upgraded readily. Dos 6 came out so fast that I couldn't believe that it was necessary. However, it had great improvements, but why could Microsoft not wait a little longer and give you "real" value for the dollar. I was downright angry with the bugs in 6.0 and bought the 6.2 stepup, only to see more corrections with 6.22.
With Windows it was worse. I paid good money for Windows 2.2, my first version. I was fascinated by the GUI concept and having several programs running at once. This version was trash. No wonder the Mac took-off. Windows 3.0 seemed like a complete rewrite, but ran slow, and too, was laced with problems. Windows 3.1 shortly appeared. This time I was skeptical and waited about six months before shelling out another $60 (at that time)for the upgrade. Finally I bought it and was hooked. Windows 95 is certainly the best version of Windows yet. It does not lock up much, and is very stable, at least for me. But I had to give MSFT another $89 for that privelege.
Maybe I'm bitter for helping to spawn the Microsoft desire for cash. It seemed like they had me by the throat, and I hated it. This outrage should have caused me to go with OS/2 and DR Dos. OS/2 was never a temptation because I had accumulated so much 16 bit Windows software, that I believed it would run faster with Windows than OS/2. By the time DR Dos was a good option, I was already humming with my investment in the never ending Microsoft upgrade cycle. I was not too cheap to pay for new features, but it was the constant bugs and the speed with which each new version was released. Some of this was just keeping up with the hardware revolution, but much of it was planned on Gate's & Company's part to control a market, and enrich themselves with that control.
More power to them because Gates & Co. are definitely smarter than I, but I don't have to like it. Right now I am enjoying IE4 for free (I've feel I have paid for it many times), but if Netscape has a faster alternative, I will not hesitate to buy it again. If Netscape or Corel plans to succeed in the long term, they had better be more visionary, and faster to market than the "great mother" of all computing, the "Beast."
Up, Up, & Away!
Scott
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