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To: Michael L. Voorhees who wrote (47280)	6/26/2000 12:16:00 PM
From: david_si	Respond to of 74651

Message #47280 from Michael L. Voorhees at Jun 26, 2000 "It's interesting that you use Microsoft products in spite of their shortcomings." The same point Judge Jackson made so clearly when describing the actions of the MSFT predatory monopoly. Then why doesn't Schmandel use MS products? And how are you being forced to use them? Judge Jackson's comments applied to MS cutting off Netscape's market channels, which clearly didn't happen, as demonstrated by anyone who still uses Netscape, and AOL's use of Netscape instead of IE in AOL 6.

To: Michael L. Voorhees who wrote (47280)	6/26/2000 7:38:00 PM
From: Randy Ellingson	Respond to of 74651

>>"It's interesting that you use Microsoft products in spite of their shortcomings."<< The same point Judge Jackson made so clearly when describing the actions of the MSFT predatory monopoly. Yes, it is indeed hard for some to comprehend the inherent values in standards. In this case, much as Sun would like to think Java has really changed this, programming for different OSes and environments is undesirable for many developers. I am ready for the OS that shows promise of being as effective as Windows for the common variety of applications. I thought it was Warp, and I expended a great deal of energy to learn all I could about it. I could see quickly w/ Linux that I don't have the time now to learn the intricacies involved in getting my sound card, CDRW, and modem working with it. And Netscape fell way short in that OS too. I did manage to get my ethernet card working so I could access the net via @Home, but realized as well that I has no idea of how to protect my files from would-be intruders. As it is, I trust that there is reasonable security built-in to Win98. So far, so good for this home user. And I'll be watching the slow and painful evolution toward an ASP model for OSes. Randy