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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (22156)	12/15/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) of 24154

Trumpet software made a software package that enabled winsock installation and configuration. MSFT did damage to thier business model by including Winsock in the OS. That is why I keep referring to applications. What Chaz and I are saying is that Winsock is a totally different type of software than a browser in that it is a low-level network driver, not an application. The difference between the two is important because it goes directly to the point of the reason why there is a consumer advantage to integrating Winsock (i.e. performance), whereas there is none by integrating the browser. Why is that? Browsing files is a natural function to include in the OS, and has been eagerly desired since the DOS days. You keep confusing the terms "integration" with "bundling". While there is advantage to some consumers in bundling the browser with the OS, there is no advantage of integrating it, like so much spaghetti code, into an inseparable mess into the OS.

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