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

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (13533)	10/22/1997 7:50:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

<I know you think IE for WIndows is not a separate product. But what about IE for the Mac? Is that a separate product?> No <If IE for Mac is a separate product, then what is it about IE for Windows that makes it not a separate product while IE for the Mac is a separate product?> Extensions to the OS. Direct X ships with IE 4 as well as a plethora of OCXs that work only on 32bit windows. <Is there some code in IE for the Mac that is not in IE for Windows?> Yes, look above. <What about IE for Unix? Is that not a separate product, too?> No. <Why is the GM of software making ashtrays for Toyotas?> Because there is a market oppurtunity for as Toyota ashtrays.