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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator

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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (17119)2/5/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: Justin Banks  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
Reg -

You know I can not buy a SGI OS without Internet capability. The end user may be able to take the ability out, but this is the case with MSFT as well. Teh same with NSCP browser.

Sorry, Reg, but this time you're just flat-out wrong (kinda like the derivatives on Cray machines thing). You can call SGI *today* and tell them you'd like an Origin200 with *no* networking s/w and *no* tcp/ip stuff installed, and they'll be happy to oblige. You think we sell machines to secret sites with all the networking stuff installed and turned on?

Yeah, but can I tell SGI I want this picture but not that one BEFORE it is shipped, especially if these are options that will degrade the OS.

Well, yes. Why? SGI doesn't put stuff that would degrade the OS into applications.

MSFT is the only vendor that is expected to offer "degrades" in thier OS.

MSFT is the only OS company with a design model silly enough to allow them to put OS components into applications.

-justinb
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