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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RTev who wrote (23416)	6/14/1999 1:46:00 PM
From: wily	Respond to of 24154

RTev, >>There was never a good technical reason for tying the browser so closely with the OS, but they had to do it to get past the '95 consent decree.<< I wonder if it really even helps them business-wise. I think people are going to use Netscape if they like it better either way. People get used to an app and they stay with it -- the old shoe effect. I like ie A LOT but they are creating a lot of resentment in this here consumer. I guess I should have tried a simple re-install to see if that fixed my problem but I was kind of freaked out by not being able to un-install. Now I've got DriveImage by PowerQuest, and once I get confidence in that program anything $Bill does to Windows won't matter -- I've got a silver bullet. It was strange. When I first installed ie5, there was an option to return Windows to the "previous configuration". I don't think I ever tried that. But then when ie screwed up, I looked and that option to return to the previous configuration was gone. And there was no entry for Internet Explorer in the Install/Uninstall list. Very touchy... I appreciate your response. w