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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (479)	12/16/1997 1:40:00 PM
From: Judd	Read Replies (1) of 1600

Who keeps saying that IE is free? It is not! I don't think that programmers came to MS and wrote that thing for free. They took profits from other sources and used them to develop this thing and dump it to put Netscape out of business. I have heard Gates say that 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. Now I rarely see anyone put an aftermarket TCP/IP stack on an NT machine (Doesn't NetManage still sell these?) The problem as I see it is not the choice, but the cost of the choice. IE isn't free and shouldn't be allowed to be given away for the sole purpose of putting competition to rest. Unless it is part of the operating system of course and I just cannot see that. BTW I don't consider File manager, editors, paint programs and all that extra stuff to be the operating system. They are "free" utilities. They are even installed by default under the accessories folder. Judd

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