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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14567)	11/30/1997 8:15:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft Meets Super Mario techweb.com This is about a new "convergence" thingy in the pipe, apparently something PC like built to use a TV instead of a monitor. Having played around somewhat with such things, I'm dubious, but never mind. There's also the first use I've seen of some new terminology for, presumably, the operating system formerly known as Windows 97. Broadcast PCs sound a lot like Microsoft's recently acquired WebTV platform, but these new boxes are not based on the WebTV design. Instead, they reportedly run a hybrid operating system that blends some features from Windows 9x's kernel and the browser view of Internet Explorer 4.0. Ah, the "Windows 9x kernel", that gives a little wiggle room for what's currently called Windows 98. These things are due "in early '98" though, probably about the same time you can buy WebTV+, or maybe not. Who can say? Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14567)	11/30/1997 8:28:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

New Browser Options Emerge techweb.com At the core of this development is a vocal but seemingly significant group of Web users dissatisfied with what they call increasingly bloated browsers with features--especially heavy-overhead items like push and channel technology--that simply don't match their needs. As a mostly written word guy who's mystified by all the 50 kbyte web pages he hits containing 500 words or less, I say "right on". I finally figured out my Dad's problem which he was mystifyingly describing as "nothing happening" when he clicked a link, it was some dumb overproduced web page that needed a plug-in I'd never heard of. Needless to say, I told him not to bother. Of course, the would be barons of the "new media" are all "pushing" us in another direction, as it were. Fooey on them, I say. Cheers, Dan.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (14567)	11/30/1997 8:40:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Browser Maker Digs Software Niche techweb.com This is another one of these alternative browser things, this time based on IE. I detect some... inconsistencies in this approach. Now, some companies that install IE 4.0 are also installing Encompass, which uses the Internet Explorer platform and ActiveX software to provide an OEM-branded browsing option, too. The start-up is letting hardware vendors show off their own brands through custom-made browsers that are shipped with the vendors' computers. I don't know, this doesn't sound quite in line with the integrity and uniformity of the Windows Experience, but who am I to say? Cheers, Dan.