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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (484)	12/16/1997 2:35:00 PM
From: Judd	of 1600

...you used to have to buy a TCP/IP stack separately, but now its in the OS. I can almost see that because the Network card is the hardware and this is just the standard way to interface to it. >> No it isn't. Most of what goes through my network card is TCP/IP. Maybe my terminology is off. I don't want to argue about my terminology. Bingo! So why do you consider the browser to be anything other than an accessory? It is NO DIFFERENT than the file manager. When MS started including File Manager as part of its OS people like Norton and Lotus complained because it made Norton Utilities and Lotus Magellan less attractive. This is the SAME THING! Sounds like we mostly agree. It is almost the same thing. The implications of getting the masses all to use IE, or Netscape go way beyond that one product though. I always really liked Norton Utilities, I wonder why I never see any of their software anymore? I know they are still around, but no one I know uses their software. I would rather pay $30 for an OS and use the $60 thats left over to buy a nice File browser/compressor, etc. But I don't have that choice anymore. The whole $90 went to the OS/combined accessories.

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