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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13692)	10/25/1997 12:12:00 AM
From: Columbo	Respond to of 24154

Hello, anybody out there? Subject 17754

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13692)	10/25/1997 7:27:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

RE: MSFT haters link. Dan, there is now a whole thread of guys just as logical, objective, lucid, and informative as you are (not ot mention polited and professional). Power to the people:-\|

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13692)	10/25/1997 9:02:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

PC makers show their worst fears news.com Government documents detailing Microsoft's hardball tactics bring into sharp focus a PC company's worst nightmare: alienating the Redmond empire. On Monday, the Justice Department filed testimony from Compaq Computer, Gateway 2000, and Micron Electronics demonstrating that all three companies were required to carry the Internet Explorer browser as a condition of licensing Windows 95. Two of those companies now say it was the superiority of its products--rather than alleged threats by Microsoft--that drove them to make their decision. Micron chairman and chief executive Joe Daltoso issued a statement yesterday that a declaration made by a manager at his company did not constitute a complaint about Microsoft. And John Rose, a senior vice president at Compaq, told the Wall Street Journal that it was customer demand, not a Microsoft letter threatening to terminate its Windows 95 license, that drove his company to offer Internet Explorer exclusively on the boxes it sold. Yes, I'm sure the customers were on the horn to Compaq and Micron, demanding integrity and uniformity in their Windows Experience. Micron may have special reason to worry. According to the deposition filed by its manager, Eric Browning, the company's Windows 95 license expires next week. The company declined to discuss whether it has renewed an agreement yet, but an analyst who follows the Nampa, Idaho, company says its needs all the bargaining position it can get. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13692)	10/25/1997 3:18:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Respond to of 24154

Dan, great post. Thanks!

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13692)	10/26/1997 4:57:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 24154

What is an OS, don't ask TechWeb- I just happened to pop over to the techweb encyclopedia entry on operating system, and I hope nobody cites them in court. Sheesh. The main difference between an operating system and a network operating system is its multiuser capability. Operating systems, such as Macintosh System 7, DOS and Windows, are single user, designed for one person at a desktop computer. Windows NT and UNIX on the other hand are network operating systems, because they are designed to manage multiple user requests at the same time. Who are these guys? Where do they come up with this stuff? I guess Multics must be, retroactively, a network OS now, along with every timesharing system of the past 30-odd years.