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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (24083)	6/18/2001 10:53:28 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft: 'Use our software or else' theinquirer.net 'The more things never change, the more they remain the same' seems to be the mantra in Redmond these days. "Because MSN does not support third party e-mail software, if you are using an application other than Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, you will no longer be able to send e-mail once we have rolled-out our new e-mail system." While most folk will applaud MS' efforts to block junk mail involving debt consolidation, once-in-a-lifetime business opportunities, cheap Viagra and spying on your nearest and dearest, surely only the deeply-cynical would criticise the software behemoth for forcing users to use its own email software rather than anyone else's? And only the terminally-cynical would suspect that MS is rather hoping MSN subscribers will take umbrage at the lack of email client choice and make alternative arrangements because the company is really fed up with all this ISP nonsense and would rather it all went away. I confess to getting a rather continuous stream of the above mentioned spam, I am shocked to find out it wasn't the least bit personal. Anyway, it's good to see Bill & Co. maintaining their long standing devotion to "open standards". Embrace and Demolish, as Ballmer succinctly put it.

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (24083)	6/18/2001 4:30:54 PM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

I am running SUSE 7.1 and its great. Everything works. The File Manager is excellent, StarOffice52 works, etc.. Plus I finally have the freedom again to work with a real operating system.. Anyway, one huge benefit of Linux is for poor countries and poor people in general. One distribution set and you can configure any number of machines. This makes the cost of software essentially = 0. A great development as far as I'm concerned. And an added plus is the best software minds in the world avidly beavering away to support this system and make it better. Once millions of "third world" users come on line we will see linux accelerate past Mr. Softee. Anyway isn't it time that Gates and Ballmer grew up and did something important with their lives? Thure